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Comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7

11 hours ago

This "Microsoft are good guys" is a bizarre recurring comment that has appeared on HN for quite a while now

It's like pretending people must choose from Russia, North Korea, South Sudan or the Central African Republic

Who are the good guys

None of these companies are "good guys"

These "Leave Microsoft alone" HN comments will undoubtedly persist

Perhaps there are MS employees who comment on HN and they are sensitive about criticism

The idea Microsoft is somehow benign is truly hilarious

It is not difficult to argue the damage this company causes today without retribution is far worse than what they did in the past

IME, Microsoft is very cult-like; the employees believe that Microsoft has a solution for any problem, and there is never, ever any contemplation that the company creates problems ;this does not stop with the employees, it can extend to others who are "bought in" to the Redmond ecosystem

> This "Microsoft are good guys" is a bizarre recurring comment that has appeared on HN for quite a while now

Well, yes, that's called generational change. A lot of people have never experienced the bad old Microsoft, only the pretty cool guy Microsoft.