Spare us your allusions of "Linux is communist". Linux is about freedom. Freedom to choose. We are free to choose what operating system we wish to use. Microsoft is a globalist empire created by a four-eyed globalist UN ass-kisser who only got laid because he's filthy rich. If it weren't for the money, Bill Gates would be a 50+ year old virgin.
Look at it this way : Microsoft is not in the business of providing top-quality software. They're in the business of making tons of money, even if they have to resort to putting out a crappy product which they sugarcoat with stuff like "Windows can play DVDs out of the box" and "Windows can play MP3s out of the box". I've spent enough time with Xandros Linux to know how to get DVDs to play with Xine, and MP3s already play out of the box.
Use Apple or Sun Solaris if you don't like Microsoft. They are bonafide American Unix, not a foriegn fake.