Comment Re:ooh (Score 2, Insightful) 245
Pardon me, but I think you're a bit naive. When one group presents a uniformly evil projection of another, you're witnessing zealotry. Democrats/Republicans, Socialists/Capitalists, Open Source/Closed Source -- both sides produce some good in this world. They wouldn't continue to grow, and good people wouldn't continue to put forth good efforts for their causes for very long if they didn't.
Also, you're ignoring the fact that Slashdot is/was actively squelching those with a pro- (or at least not anti-) position on MS. Believe me, there have been many cases over the years where the site operators were caught futzing with the moderation system to squelch. Speaking for myself, I mysteriously lost mod points, permanently, years ago... and I was never really a very bad boy.
I still enjoy reading the site, but decided not to contribute much to a site where the operators felt the need to be that underhanded in forcing their ideology. I know the site has changed hands and perhaps gotten less heavy-handed as well in the process.
But if you're not reading Slashdot (or any other source of news) with an eye toward teasing out the bias, you're a bit naive.