Hmm... pointing out the heavy amount of MS stories on front page... pointing out MS dominate the OS space.... obviously this must be down voted at all costs.
If these were honest mistakes, then you should consider any downvotes as feedback indicating a need to improve your written communications to better and more clearly express your thoughts to an HN audience.
Works both ways.
They are attempting to change their tact, from ruthless business tactics to inspiring the people. Maybe that hasn't translated yet to the HN mind