"Last week I was flamed by dozens of Linux users for simply reporting on the results of a recent survey of Australian IT managers that indicated that usage of Windows 2000 is growing strongly, and that Unix is declining a little. Linux users often get religious about their operating system, and they don't like facts that are contrary to their prejudices. Since time immemorial religion has provided people with a rationale for their existence and meaning to lives that would otherwise comprise little more than the proverbial sham, misery and broken dreams. And when their self-righteousness manifests itself as poorly expressed hate mail it merely indicates the mental state and personalities of those who pen such tripe" writes Graeme Philipson.