content: How is Windows going south, exactly? Any other answer besides "uhh Windows 8 sucks"? I don't think a step forward will be jumping ship to some Windows 98 look-a-like that has trouble rendering the interface.  Like it or not, Microsoft is a massive company with world-class developers, engineers, security experts, usability experts, etc. So they kind of know what they're doing. As part of Windows 10, focus will be taken off of Metro and put back into the classic Windows experience with the ability to opt-in to Metro features. That's incredible. It's becoming more and more difficult to find a company that not only listens to their customers, but puts a spotlight on the issues (example) and works to resolve them. That's the most northward quality a business can have in my opinion.  Additionally, Satya Nadella has done a lot towards modernizing Microsoft's image, while tooling up developers by trying to tear down the price and development walls. He even mentioned the possibility of an open-source Windows, which would be very interesting. So I'm not saying that supporting this project (or any open-source project) is good or bad or that you should use Windows like everyone else. I'm just saying that Windows is clearly not going south, and hopping on the "x is objectively evil because everyone else says so" bandwagon is an unhealthy attitude in general, and is similar to the blind activism and white-knighting that's happening right now.