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Cool, I'll just email MS and ask them to port Sharepoint to BSD.

That might be a good idea, assuming they do listen to user feedback.

Good job making an honest and good recommendation sound naive.

That was a terrible recommendation. Proposing a solution when you know nothing about the situation nearly always results in a pointless solution.

Suggesting that the best way to securely install Windows packages is to use a different operating system smacks of immaturity, and is obviously not a practical solution in Windows environments.

A better suggestion might be: If you do not trust it, run it in a VM/sandbox.

How is 'just ditch Windows' an honest and good recommendation?

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