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> Hatred for Microsoft? I have none. When you post "M$" in a reply I automatically mark you as rabidly anti-Microsoft and usually stop reading. I'm not a fan o

> Hatred for Microsoft? I have none. When you post "M$" in a reply I automatically mark you as rabidly anti-Microsoft and usually stop reading. I'm not a fan of Microsoft, but childish acts such as those have no place in a rational discussion.

JimmaDaRustla 11y ago
Instantly what I thought too. HN "M$" haters don't like your logic because it doesn't feed their hate.
user_0001 11y ago
Perhaps not "rabidly anti-microsoft", but it does come across as childish and reduce the effectiveness of the point you are trying to make.
jdright 11y ago
When you post "childish" in a reply I automatically mark you as rabidly ad-hominen and usually stop reading.
billiam 11y ago
And it's so 90s, dude. Move on. There's a lot more evil in the world now, even if they say they don't do any.
jfb 11y ago
Also, MICROS~1 is much funnier.
x5n1 11y ago
Okay stop reading. Your response smells of fanboyism, blind faith, and ad-hominem attacks which are rather childish in themselves. I got my point across and it seems the vast readership is behind me.
- throwawaykf05 11y ago
  The vast readership... on a site where open source is the primary religion and the readership includes a significant population of Slashdot escapees. Look up "confirmation bias" and "preaching to the choir".
  - nickysielicki 11y ago
    Really? I think HN has a very even balance of free software advocates and pragmatists who are indifferent to it. Of course, in a thread about closed source software spying on users there's going to be a bit more people arguing the points of the former.
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nickysielicki 11y ago
It's definitely an overplayed cheap-shot at Microsoft, but that's not to say it's anything but deserved. It's certainly not disingenuous to paint Microsoft as profit-centric above all. Historically speaking they've gone above and beyond to hurt pro-developer and pro-libre efforts in this industry in the name of their margins. Is it so awful to use an acronym that reminds the reader of these practices? I think it's prudent to not use it, only because it detracts from his point when readers like yourself become distracted by it. But it's not as "rabidly anti-Microsoft" as you are painting it to be, either.

JimmaDaRustla 11y ago

Instantly what I thought too. HN "M$" haters don't like your logic because it doesn't feed their hate.

user_0001 11y ago

Perhaps not "rabidly anti-microsoft", but it does come across as childish and reduce the effectiveness of the point you are trying to make.

jdright 11y ago

When you post "childish" in a reply I automatically mark you as rabidly ad-hominen and usually stop reading.

billiam 11y ago

And it's so 90s, dude. Move on. There's a lot more evil in the world now, even if they say they don't do any.

jfb 11y ago

Also, MICROS~1 is much funnier.

x5n1 11y ago

Okay stop reading. Your response smells of fanboyism, blind faith, and ad-hominem attacks which are rather childish in themselves. I got my point across and it seems the vast readership is behind me.

throwawaykf05 11y ago
The vast readership... on a site where open source is the primary religion and the readership includes a significant population of Slashdot escapees. Look up "confirmation bias" and "preaching to the choir".
- nickysielicki 11y ago
  Really? I think HN has a very even balance of free software advocates and pragmatists who are indifferent to it. Of course, in a thread about closed source software spying on users there's going to be a bit more people arguing the points of the former.
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nickysielicki 11y ago

It's definitely an overplayed cheap-shot at Microsoft, but that's not to say it's anything but deserved. It's certainly not disingenuous to paint Microsoft as profit-centric above all. Historically speaking they've gone above and beyond to hurt pro-developer and pro-libre efforts in this industry in the name of their margins. Is it so awful to use an acronym that reminds the reader of these practices? I think it's prudent to not use it, only because it detracts from his point when readers like yourself become distracted by it. But it's not as "rabidly anti-Microsoft" as you are painting it to be, either.