Desktop success is pure business. Windows was a piece of shit back in the 90s, especially from Win 95, and yet, it was everywhere. Bill and the gang made sure t

Desktop success is pure business. Windows was a piece of shit back in the 90s, especially from Win 95, and yet, it was everywhere. Bill and the gang made sure that everyone who has a PC has Windows installed, by the countless business tactics they employed: bundling Windows with the PC, equipping schools so that they teach Windows and Office, and a myriad of other background deals and other doings with the software and hardware participants on the market. And also they didn't fight software piracy too much. And since Windows is ubiquitous, people who want to target the PC target the Windows platform. This includes hardware makers, software shops, etc. Contributing to the effect that "everything just works" on Windows. So for Linux to catch up on this, would mean to make the system more of a baseline for the other participants on the market. And this is not achieved on a technological level primarily. Linux is already there, for a long time now.