[PenguinCoder]

> you could have pressurized the companies to behave even nicer.

No you couldn't. What would happen is your project would be a complete non-starter for many companies; either in use of, or developing for.

[donkeybeer]

Which would raise the bar for them requiring them to spend efforts writing it in house or procuring similar elsewhere. The more polished and complex a package is that is hard to find alternatives for, the better the leverage.