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Thanx for the informative article. However it, and the responses, illustrate the reason I (and most users) stay away from Linux by the droves. I don’t want to work with an OS that comes with dozens of different major versions, options and choices. The Linux community has identified the fragmentation of the their OS as a main barrier to its widespread adoption and have often tried to encourage some sort of unification. But their answer seems to be yet more versions, options and choices. Yes Windows is a pain, but a unified, consistent, and supported one.

Woody,
I have followed you for years and admire your work. But I can’t agree with your assessment of Windows 8. YES, the Metro interface isn’t the greatest thing for desktop users, and it was stupid to make it the default. But that’s it. Once you fix that, it’s a fine OS. It’s like the unreasonable shopper on House Hunters, saying they don’t like a certain house because the bedroom is yellow!
Windows 8 has been a disaster because of the tendency of people to only read headlines. And the headlines for Windows 8 have been bad. Shame shame on the editors.