If only the world would realize it's better off if assimilating to Microsoft/Xbox360/HD DVD
Just kidding of course. Competition creates evolution. This is especially true in consumer electronics.
It's amazing how people get so emotional over formats and I've seen it in computer, operating systems, game platforms, even cell phones.
I was at work the other day showing someone a new Windows Mobile device that borrowed a lot of from Apple. I made the mistake of stating that ( in front of software developers ) I liked it better than Apple's iPhone.
Man - this one guy that over heard me turns around from his cubicle and really let me have it. Brow beating me about how nothing by Microsoft could ever match anything by Apple. He was working himself up into physical anger. Blood vessels in his temples were pulsating.
Forget individual preferences, to him it's an unequivocal fact. Apple > Microsoft and if you don't realize it you're stupid.
I meekly tried to express that compatibility with exchange and all the shareware downloads make a WinMobile device more interesting to me than a locked down device with no available API (yet).
That's JUNK! He responds. I was like ooookayyy
I don't think we have any reason to talk, ever again.
I've taken to calling it Fanboyism. I think it's a distinctly 21st century philosophical issue that will actually get worse before it gets better.