Counterpoint: Microsoft's (and Google's) products are hardly perfect when released, and has a bigger market cap than Apple (and Google is close).<p>And to take it even further, you're cherry-picking. Apple's products are usually polished, but not always. MobileMe? Or their first product:<p><a href="http://www.landsnail.com/apple/local/design/images/computers/apple1.GIF" rel="nofollow">http://www.landsnail.com/apple/local/design/images/computers...</a>