It's funny, M$ made some poor guys like you belief that M$ invented webservices. That's pathetic!!
BTW Ximian is not GNOME. They just make sure that webservices work with Linux and that they can earn money with it. This is their job since they are a company.
You could identify GNOME with SUN or HP and make the same complaints, but that would be stupid as well.
Maybe if the US stopped to sending so many people and resources into battlefields, then there would be some left for upgrading infrastructure.
how long can computer viruses survive in space?
maybe this answers the question where they come from.
BTW Ximian is not GNOME. They just make sure that webservices work with Linux and that they can earn money with it. This is their job since they are a company.
You could identify GNOME with SUN or HP and make the same complaints, but that would be stupid as well.