[ilaksh]

Microsoft has some of the most amazing products and many terrific engineers.

Unfortunately, it is also has some extremely negative associations, most of which have been earned and even, perhaps, proven.

* unfair and sometimes illegal business practices

* sabotage of innovative technologies when they conflict with Microsoft's monopolies

* eugenics

* empire

* surveillance state (Skype/NSA)

[curiousDog]

Eugenics? Are you high or just incredibly stupid and listen to that nut job Alex Jones?

[cbd1984]

This might be what they're talking about: http://skeptoid.com/blog/2013/12/16/why-would-bill-gates-wan...

Yes, it is "drunk or high or Alex Jones"-level idiocy. It is, in fact, fractally stupid: Believing it requires you believe multiple other things, each of which is just as dumb as the whole. For example, it requires you to believe the following things are evil: GMOs in general, vaccines, and wanting to reduce the world's population.

[ilaksh]

I'm not high or stupid. Eugenics has earned a very poor reputation, but its advocacy is still going strong under other names. Bill Gates and his family have a long history of promoting it, unfortunately.