This reads to me like the writer had an inferiority complex seed planted in his mind by a peer, and eventually ended up acting on that subconscious trigger to m

This reads to me like the writer had an inferiority complex seed planted in his mind by a peer, and eventually ended up acting on that subconscious trigger to modify his choices even though the follow up attempt at rationally examining the claims originally made yielded nothing beyond marketing material. 30% adoption in a tiny sector does not a monoculture make, Ubuntu really just is a better mousetrap from the perspective of wanting a low maintenance Linux based environment. Any project which is open in Fedora is just as open in Ubuntu.