> This just feels like an appeal to anti-Microsoft clicks
Exactly. Did you notice the one comment on his blog? It's a Linux zealot saying "Linux".
How do you know they are a zealot?
Deductive reasoning based on a sample size of one, HN comments are beyond the reach of parody.
I guess he's being a bit cheeky ;)
You're trying to take too much from that single comment sample point.