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I used to blame monopolistic tactics by Microsoft. There's no doubt that shrewd business moves a big reason for the success of Windows. However, the high qualit

I used to blame monopolistic tactics by Microsoft. There's no doubt that shrewd business moves a big reason for the success of Windows. However, the high quality of Windows developer tools as well as the fragmentation of the Linux desktop (just like the Unix world before it) also both played a huge part.

digi_owl 9y ago
The fragmentation is overhyped. I worry more about constant willfull breakage with legacy within said desktop, compared how MS still supports Win32 (not so dissimilar from Torvalds "do not break userspace" kernel policy). That said, whenever Linux have appeared to gain a toehold (like with netbooks), MS have dropped lisencing prices and employed rebate programs to make Windows productes the "cheap" option.