Yeah, we should not. But we shouldnt post lies about them or take part in a smear campaign about them either.

You mean He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

I somehow doubt that. Does every process you create need root privilege? Do you ever use grep (or awk or sed) and do you really need to run it with root privileges?
 
With sudo you can selective run commands with root privilege.

What does your friend being single have to do with DRM/ebooks?

Are there any stores that sell in these formats?

Auth cookies cannot help you delete accounts (or even change password) in well-designed site. The website prompts for the password to make sure its you.

Offtopic, but this is the first time I hear this phrase!

Here is a google cache of her blog post. To me, its seems she just had to vent it out. Judge it for yourselves.

Mmmm... So, first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win, then they shoot you?

Agreed! But they should not be able fire people for criticizing their bosses or their employer.