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that ms vs open source /. article is up to 1150 comments. still around the same number of 3+ posts though (some really good ones, say: #506, #39, #40, #49, #68, #193, #203, #530, #735, #262), heh. reminds me of all those comp.os.advocacy flamefests. man, reading those things wasted a ton of time.