I really enjoy being part of the Phoenix Linux Users Group (PLUG). It's a group of smart, friendly, helpful folks who love free software and solving technical problems.
Some, unfortunately, also love to bitch about Microsoft and spew gossip and conspiracy theories with some regularity. Seems everything Microsoft does is pure evil, and the heroes of freedom need to oppose them at every turn!
The 'us vs. them' mentality seems quite childish to me. I don't have any love for Microsoft, but my interest in free software is about what it IS, not what it ISN'T. If Microsoft wants to lock things down, invade privacy, and charge a lot of money for it, I'll continue to not use their products and advise others to do the same. That doesn't automatically mean everything they come up with is existentially wrong.
There's a lot more I could say on this topic, but instead I'll finish with a blatantly unrelated cute picture to show how great it is to share.
