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Hey Anon: I'm not sure whether the poster you respond too was aiming his epithet at me/this site, or whether it's a suggestion for a Zune slogan, one suggesting that possessing a Zune makes the holder recognizable as the hole of an arse. So I'm not sure which "side" s/he's on.

In any case, you (no surprise!) have my agreement re MS's lousy products. And Keynote vs PowerPoint – aye yi yi, we can honestly toss all Apple vs MS fanhood out the window, comparing only the capabilities and merits of the products themselves, and any honest judge will agree that Keynote glaringly exposes PowerPoint as an arse-ugly, crude, outdated pail of sewer leavings.

The official PowerPoint slogan: "We don't have to put any work into this, because everyone has to use it anyway."

I do disagree with you on whether MS itself is "terrible": yes, I say. Its criminal record clinches that for me. Also, watch out for misleading items like "what Bill is doing in Africa, building schools and such". Bill and his Foundation are not Microsoft. Microsoft is not building schools in Africa; there's no praise due MS there.

What MS is doing in Africa is its darndest to derail the $100 laptop project and open source in general, two broad initiatives offering the planet's best hopes for bringing the power of the IT revolution to the developing world. Damn those Africans if they think they're going to take part in the modern world without paying the Microsoft tax!