Yep the irony of it all is there is all this hate and discontent against Microsoft that tests and improves their products. I work in the IT industry and it is so pervasivly populated with these brilliant home brewed hacker types that reluctantly get microsoft certifications and then spout how much better Linux is or (insert non microsoft application here) They simply want that to be the case. Where the irony comes in is that microsoft has had their software pounded soooo very much and reacted to this by improving that its made them stronger.
Yea, but Nietzche was still a crack head. I also work in IT, and yes it is funny, however I look at it from a cost initiative, how much could we save using freeware instead of MS products? A lot, but then I would lose a lot when I kill't all the users that couldnt figure out that 'tux racer' has a penguin in it......