I think people are tired of EEE being posted on every Microsoft related thread even though Microsoft has been a very different company for at least 10 years. I

I think people are tired of EEE being posted on every Microsoft related thread even though Microsoft has been a very different company for at least 10 years. I do agree with the concerns of open source consolidation though. We need to find better ways of supporting open source projects instead of having them being bought by "large company".