Someone just killed my dog, why?

True, but many of their products don't make money. MS Office is their cash cow and Windows OS is the field upon which the cash cow grazes.

I know of no other site that respects the sanctity of the indelible, un-editable comment as well as Slashdot does.

One of the reasons I stayed.

I still find slashdot entertaining, due to the humour, the culture, etc... I just don't learn much from it any more. Back in the early days, there was always something new to be learned about technology, open source, computer security. I think both slashdot and I have evolved. I simply know more now, and slashdot might have gone down a the drain a little bit. However, I say that with the knowledge that other forums never even had the level of conversation one gets here, even now.