[Edit: Original HN title was "Linux computer shop closing because of thwarting by large companies."] Narrative about unnamed "large companies" trying to kill L

[Edit: Original HN title was "Linux computer shop closing because of thwarting by large companies."] Narrative about unnamed "large companies" trying to kill Linux? Check. Story about Microsoft Windows 8 killing off a poor Linux company? Check. Lack of any details like the names of companies that stopped shipping machines without OSes? Check. Lack of explanation about how exactly Windows 8 "closed the doors permanently" ? Check. This is just plain FUD designed to garner clicks and sympathy by invoking the bogeyman and it's working very well, just like usual. As an offtopic aside, even RMS is not immune from resorting to unproven FUD. For example from http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do >This is just like the first surveillance practice I learned about in Windows. My late friend Fravia told me that when he searched for a string in the files of his Windows system, it sent a packet to some server, which was detected by his firewall. Given that first example I paid attention and learned about the propensity of "reputable" proprietary software to be malware I haven't been able to find any reputable reference for Windows sending local search keywords to "some server", maybe someone can point me to one. But the FUD campaign continues unchallenged and unabated, even in a community that prides itself to be technically superior to the unwashed masses.