content: I downvoted.  The title was extremely opinionated, and I barely consider software patents blackmail.  Microsoft was way more aggressive in the 90's.  Lastly, and most importantly, the whole piece was badly written.  That and this is clearly linux fanboy hysteria, something we see way too much of.  This, coming from an advocate of Linux. You asked why one might downvote.  Explaining my reasoning.  Remember to visit me in downvoated hell...