>> If the purchase freaks you out, ask yourself if your existence is rooted in the truth and present, or in the past, where Ballmer's MSFT was an adversary of t

>> If the purchase freaks you out, ask yourself if your existence is rooted in the truth and present, or in the past, where Ballmer's MSFT was an adversary of the open-source/Linux community The truth is that Microsoft spent decades destroying and hindering competition every way they could to create and sustain a monopoly. The present is a few years of good behavior. People are allowed to be wary. People are not obligated to give them another chance.