Even though the author may be making a valid point, I don't think it matters. I mostly program for myself and for other programmers (or at least technically inc

Even though the author may be making a valid point, I don't think it matters. I mostly program for myself and for other programmers (or at least technically inclined people). I don't care if my mother uses the software I write. That is why I don't really care about such things as popularity. I am quite certain that my distribution of choice (arch) will be there for a long time and its maintainers will keep making it better for themselves and for their core user group.