Trust me, I thought about the very same point that you speak about before publishing this. I thought it would be amusing nonetheless.

You are preaching to a convert here and also teaching granny to suck eggs, I am a lot more aware of dodgy MS practices than I used to be. The pseudo religious language you quote is the result of marketing practices. First; marketing companies brainwash their staff then they brainwash the public. It is a systematic process. I have seen it being done (briefly). Otherwise sane and rational people can start to behave very strangely when sucked into the bizarre world of marketing and sales.

Knowing the practices that you refer to are going on is one thing. Labeling the users of that terrible OS as worshipers and cultists is entirely another. The only result will be further entrenchment and silly flame wars.

I want to see MS made accountable for it’s actions as much as anyone, and I want to read about them when they come to light. Like anything else in life there is a right way and a wrong way to go about things. I support much of what BN is doing but I reserve the right to speak up when I see something that is counter productive. Remember we are trying to win people around not insult them.

Their own words for their work are ‘evangelism’ and ‘jihad’ and they call themselves ‘evangelists’ and ‘true believers’ All that predates any reference to other systems.

The author of that blog? He mentions OpenBytes (Goblin), Groklaw, and Lefty. So we pretty much know he’s a member of the inner hate circle who are also fans of this website. In other words, lots of backs getting scratched.