Capitalize First Word In Mail

Hey everybody,
The guys at apple are great with innovation, functionality and flexibility. So, here is my question. Why does Mail not, at least, give the option to capitalize the first word of new sentences and/or the word “I”? Is it some copyright thing?
I believe the guys at apple know how to do this, but there must be some reason why they have not implemented it. This seems like some secret around the Internet, or something of the sort. I have been searching for the answer for a while now.
Even on these message boards, when people ask about it, the question is either not answered or the answer is simply, it can’t be done. No explanation or anything. (search the board for “capitalize” and one will see.)
If anyone has the answer, please let me know.
Thanks.

Not to continue beating a dead horse, but...
This isn't a case of innovation or being behind, or even of programming. Clearly a decision was made not to implement this.
Therefore, you can do two things to address this, apart from switching platforms or apps:
1. You can send feedback via the link Allan posted;
2. You can add something on to your set-up to address the "problem." I already suggested Word Services, but I'll also mention two other applications that aren't free.
Textexpander. This app is no longer free, unfortunately, but I use a previous, free version of it. I use it to create abbreviations for text I regularly have to type, like "Entrepreneurship". I just type xent and it automatically expands to the correct text. Since it was sold and now costs $29.95, I think it's overpriced, but still very useful.
Another one is Typeit4Me, which has been around for a long time and is $27. It does the same thing, but differently.
For both of these, I think, you could add an entry to change i to I whenever it is typed alone followed by a space. That means you could type iMac with no problem but i by itself would never happen.
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