no offense to anyone but the fact is that our favorite rival has been trying dead hard to deliver killer apps. its not their mistake if the hardware and programmers are more smarter than its programs.
also promoting its products is the first duty of any company. it has to adopt appropriate means to do so and they are doing it very well and i dont see anything wrong abt that.
we if have a better solution let us get it across but no point decrying abt anyones policy or motives. they are able to deliver excellent office and desktop solutions whats wrong with that and best part is you get blue wallpapers and screen savers free. let us get linux still better at desktop and gui ( i dont mean quality as in tech specs i mean ability to use it and cryptic msgs)
take care Harsh