You really had to be there to understand the emotions involved. It was like a real life version of Star Wars with the Rebel Alliance (GNU / Linux / BSD et al.) against the Galatic Empire (Microsoft).
People protested and made it into a social movement that has since become mainstream:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents
Things have changed since then:
https://www.idginsiderpro.com/article/3584911/how-microsoft-...
You really had to be there to understand the emotions involved. It was like a real life version of Star Wars with the Rebel Alliance (GNU / Linux / BSD et al.) against the Galatic Empire (Microsoft).
People protested and made it into a social movement that has since become mainstream:
https://youtu.be/1j9j-Ywjmbk