Joel is getting some heat over this

Joel was getting some heat over this comment, but he's dead accurate. Martion headsets: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/. These aholes are trying to trash him .http://diveintomark.org/archives/2008/03/18/translation-from-ms-speak-to-english-of-selected-portions-of-joel-spolskys-martin-headsets
I really can't see Joel as a MS apologist here. What he says is true, "IT'S THE USERS STUPID". Sure we would all like to get rid of past baggage and go to real "standards" (whatever TF they are), but that is not practical. Backward compatility like it or not is a MUST. If you haven't been writing software long enough to know that then go change your diapers. You may not like MS, you may despise them. That doesn't change the fact they OWN the browser market by a large margin. I don't use thier browser, but that doesn't matter and I'm smart enough to know it. Is Linux a free and BETTER OS? I think there is no doubt, is your mother or aunt using it? NO way. MS "OWNS" the desktop as well and shows no signs of quickly losing it ,despite the Vista setbacks. So stop blasting Joel for what is obviously true. N00bs.