Re:Some of this is just stupid.... (Score 1)

"I don't want to come across as one of the "everything /. posts about MS is biased" crowd.."

Why not, everyone knows that it's true! Have you EVER seen a pro-Microsoft article posted on Slashdot? Do you think that you ever will?

The average Slashdot reader thinks that "M$" is the software anti-christ, and that Linux is the solution to all the world's problems. That's the way that it always has been, and that's how it always will be. The Die-hard Linux followers that read this site daily don't like being reminded that Microsoft actaully makes a lot of good software that many users enjoy using! It's far more fun to describe them as an evil monopoly that's trying to take away all your personal freedoms one at a time.

That's why you'll never see a slashdot article about Microsoft beating out a Linux product in either a performance or usability comparision. You'll never see a story explaining the many benefits of Windows XP, but you'll see tons of stories about all of the "evil" features that they've bundled into it or taken out of it. Neither the Linux junkies or VA Linux staffers want to read good things about Microsoft, because it spoils the whole "M$" bashing atmosphere of the site.

I know that I should probably use the slashboxes to filter out all the posts about Microsoft, but I just find them far too amusing to read. CmdrTaco, JonKatz and company do a far better job of spreading half-truths, paranoia, and FUD about Microsoft than Microsoft's PR writers ever have about ANY software product or company.

(Better hurry up and mod be down to -1 Troll guys, before someone starts agreeing with me...)