There are a lot of people whose thinking fossilized (or perhaps I should say FOSS-ilized) in the '80s / '90s when Microsoft was in its growth phase and its prod

There are a lot of people whose thinking fossilized (or perhaps I should say FOSS-ilized) in the '80s / '90s when Microsoft was in its growth phase and its products were a lot less stable and secure than what they evolved into (much like everything else; pre-2.0 Linux distros were riddled with problems as well) and Microsoft was aggressively throwing its weight around to defeat competitors (just like its competitors were aggressively doing to them and each other, but they never bring that up since it doesn't jibe with their narrative). As the kids nowadays would joke, "Gates and Ballmer are living in their heads rent-free" except it's been for the past 25-30 years.