Hey, I was explaining the logic behind the decision, not expressing any opinion regarding Linux. If you want opinions, let's go for it...
First of all, I actually happen to like Linux. I spent part of my career doing development on Linux. My comment directed at Martin is specifically with regards to the utter disaster that is the world of portable software development.
Windows 10 is an absolute disaster as far as I am concerned. It seems that every release takes away features that I actually found helped my efficiency. So much time is wasted re-learning how to be (as) efficient using the latest version. There are three things that are killing Windows, (1) Microsoft's desire to make money through its app store, (2) Microsoft's desire to have the same O/S support phones and (3) Microsoft's arrogance and utter disregard for its customer's input (read: only we know what a good GUI should look like).
The major problem I see is that Linux is not the panacea that is going to keep Microsoft (more) honest. First of all, 90% of the people choosing Linux for their personal PC are doing so for no other reason than it is free (most have been scared away from Windows XP (the other free O/S of choice) by all the security issues). Secondly, there are simply too many distributions and few that are supported by an organization that is commercially viable (let alone successful). Because no one in the personal PC marketplace is willing to pay for these distributions, almost all lag well behind the hardware - sometimes by as much as 6 months! Intel has engineers working their butts off to get drivers for new hardware ready almost as quickly as for Windows, only to see the distributions taking months and months to actually incorporate them. Why is this? The folks that need to do the work to incorporate these drivers into the distributions are mostly volunteers and thus have to concentrate on their *real* jobs so that they can feed themselves.
Ok, let the "but"s fly...
...S
