> Therefore anyone caring about privacy, including what files are on their machine, will not run Windows, period. I agree, but I do run Windows. I do it for on

> Therefore anyone caring about privacy, including what files are on their machine, will not run Windows, period. I agree, but I do run Windows. I do it for only one purpose: to ensure my software works there. If my software works on Windows, and people adopt it, it's yet another piece of software that they could bring to Linux or another better platform. Think of it like using "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" against Microsoft.