I'm a [microsoft-hater]-hater, meaning that I despise microsoft haters

Heh anyway, the only thing that I don't like about MS is when they kill low-level stuff in products like VB or try to "evolve" everything to OOP and stuff that they consider "better". Take VB.NET for an example, or DX8, where you need a good 3D graphics card to draw 2d stuff...