Left Field Seems Popular

I remain puzzled by a trend, and I think it is time I make a quick note at this level. For some reason, readers seem to wander into deep left when commenting here. This is not always true, but if you read the exchange of comments attached to the post just prior to this one, you may, as I have, wonder how the heck it got from a silly little joke about stalled OS development to the comment that reads, "Main point --> Microsoft Sucks."

I entreat you who may read these posts to stay on topic, or at least reasonably close. Prior to that comment, nothing I had written in the post or a comment had consituted either an implicit or explicit value judgement between the two operating systems or the companies that make them.

Fair warning, however: future flame bait (defined locally as those that are both inflammatory and clearly off the topic of the specific post to which they are attached) will get round-filed. I will not post any replies to them, and any third-party replies to such comments will also get nuked.

I'm tired of going around with people when there is nothing to be had but senseless wrangling on side issues.