Not to speak for volt, but look: this really is not a black and white issue folks. It's more about inertia than bias. To succeed in the mainstream, Linux has to be more than free: it has to come with a complete and compelling use case that eases the fears (some spread via propaganda) of average consumers.

At the end of the day I don't think Joe Computeruser is religious about Microsoft. He just wants to get his stuff done. Hardcore Linux evangelists can preach until they're blue in the face that he can, but it's gonna take more than that to unseat the status quo. Not defending it, just recognizing it objectively.