Observations like "I know this upsets some HN people (for some reason)" and "lol, I got down voted" are not productive meta commentary. Writing like this just annoys readers and highlights the lack of substance in the rest of the comment.
That meta commentary was part of the substance of my comment. And it relates to the article.
To be more specific, I feel strongly against people who defend Microsoft, and their massively immoral actions like their military ties, and invasion of privacy.
I think these people defend Microsoft largely because they are used to it, therefore have a bias towards it, and because they feel attacked when linux users point out that they are supporting an evil megacorporation.
It's sort of like how members of one religion often feel attacked by the mere existence of people who follow other religions, or no religion at all.
I think that people with sufficient technical capability shouldn't support microsoft, and should use open source software.