[dayglored]

> I assume profit is involved.

That's partly it. The other parts are:

• Unwillingness to "break" existing customer websites, applications, and customer revenue models, and
• Inability to fix architectural flaws without breaking things.

Microsoft's products still suffer from the mistakes made in the early years, when "COOL" was everything and "SECURITY" was nothing.

[mrsmith]

Good point. I’ve always been careful about the internet and often don’t understand the attitude of the careless, or sympathise with them.