I don't know what anyone else has against Microsoft but I can tell you what I have against them:

They are a software pirating company that is excellent at deceptive marketing practices (like calling Windows an OS) that is disguised as a big innovative software development company.

The reason the first worm was on a Unix box is because there were no Windows boxes at the time.

Furthermore, when Microsoft did Windows, worms were a known about threat. Did Microsoft build their application considering security a priority? No. Did they sell it to the large companies, the military, the nukes, everywhere and make them pay good money for their product? Yes.

Microsoft knew or should have known about the inevitable problems they have and still continue to create. For anyone to defend a company with the above track record of using deception fear, uncertainty and doubt as their marketing weapon while in fact creating *real* fear, uncertainty and doubt in the world marketplace is branding themself as not only part of the problem but also part of the reason the problem is not already solved.

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