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If you think windows runs on more hardware variations then Linux, you have a shortsighted view on the world.

• joshspankit 3y ago
  Nonono. Back in the day, maybe. But more importantly it ran on far more than Mac OS/OSX.
  • ungamedplayer 3y ago
    You would still be wrong. No sparc for windows, no sh4. No Hitachi CPUs. Linux has more busses isa in 2023 for example. Where are you getting your data?
    • joshspankit 3y ago
      I think we're talking about different markets and possibly different timeframes. I didn't mean to say anything against Linux nor imply that current Windows supports more hardware than current Linux. I'm saying that one of the reasons Windows is so ubiquitous (on desktops) today is that in the 80s and 90s (during the "desktop wars") Windows computers supported a much wider range of hardware. Especially more than Mac OS who was their main competitor. Users could plug in ISA cards, PCI cards, serial printers, and a bunch of other things and most of the time it would work. The majority of users chose the OS that supported the expensive hardware they already had, and the rest is history. Similarly: I agree with the statement "One could even argue that being tolerant of shitty hardware is one of the reasons that allowed Linux to become popular" and think it puts Linux in a position to continue to move forward in to the same sort of success that Windows had in the "desktop wars".