It's easy to complain about specific Microsoft products--heck, we've probably written a million words on our gripes about Windows alone. But for this list, we dug deeper into the things about Microsoft the company that just push us over the edge. For instance, the Blue Screen of Death isn't here--because it's already spoken for in our companion piece, "10 Things We Love About Microsoft."
For a similar love/hate appreciation of Microsoft's greatest competitor, see our articles "10 Things We Love About Apple " and "10 Things We Hate About Apple."