> Let's keep the hate aside and forget MS's past. Even if that past is very much part of Microsoft's present? Such as threatening companies with patent lawsuit

> Let's keep the hate aside and forget MS's past. Even if that past is very much part of Microsoft's present? Such as threatening companies with patent lawsuits at a rate that has never been seen before in Microsoft's history, or its continuous collaboration with the NSA [1]? (especially after it bought Skype, and built lawful intercept technology for Skype [2] - before actually buying it). I'm almost certain Microsoft keeps some vulnerabilities on purpose to the help the NSA, and only patches them when other parties report those bugs. In fact, I think the recent "WinShock" or whatever they're calling it, with the remote execution for its TLS library was known by Microsoft. This sort of thing is so much easier to use as an "effective backdoor", than something nefarious NSA would have to implant into Windows such as a key escrow or whatever (not saying those don't/won't exist in TPMs). [1] - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2mWqX0CQAAqKxP.png:large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2mWqX0CQAAqKxP.png:large [2] - http://www.computerworld.com/article/2509604/data-privacy/microsoft-seeks-patent-for-spy-tech-for-skype.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2509604/data-privacy/mi...