> I suspect the overall response on HN would generally be favourable
It was.
> this is pretty much a forum full of people interested in disruptive new technologies, after all. Most people here are incredibly conservative in their technology choices. Hell, Clojure is still considered minority, people actively defend Apple's anti-competitive stuff and dismiss the crazy progress Google and Microsoft have made, people say, "I'd love to use Erlang but..."
Even if we ignore the general novice factor, rate limiting stops real technical conversations here, anyways. Every time we get into a real technical discussion we hit the rate limits almost instantly.
Sorry, I must have missed the memo. When did Windows 10 become Open Source, and how do I get hold of the source so I can build a version without the telemetry and forced updates?
It was.
Perhaps you and I have different versions of HN. In the discussion I'm reading, you seem to be just about the only person on Microsoft's side, and many of your posts are being downvoted close to invisibility.
The trouble is, there is plenty of evidence that Microsoft's technology and business models have changed, but not always in laudable ways. If they were doing something genuinely new and better than how things were done before, I suspect the overall response on HN would generally be favourable -- this is pretty much a forum full of people interested in disruptive new technologies, after all.