Article: Is it sane to compare Selenium with QTP

Just read article here: Is it sane to compare Selenium with QTP?. Seems like all the article can be minimized to the following part:

Well, when did Selenium claim that it can tests window based applications. Selenium is browser automation framework. Comparing Selenium and QTP on this front is like comparing apples with oranges.

One paragraph says more than all others. Why such questions appear at all?

P.S.: wonder what's the goal of disabling text highlight operation on the page. If I want to copy\paste content I simply can view the page source.