Number six is the best example of what bugs me about this article. The reason given is "I just don't like it." In other words, personal preference -- a totally

Number six is the best example of what bugs me about this article. The reason given is "I just don't like it." In other words, personal preference -- a totally valid reason for choosing an operating system. And the author pays lip service to this, saying 'After all, Linux isn't for everybody.' But then this: "What they're really saying, of course, is that Linux was unfamiliar and spooked them so much that they ran back to Windows." Those foolish little cowards, scared by the unfamiliar, running with their tails between their legs back to Microsoft! "Again, this is reasonable. It's their choice." Well, it's reasonable in real life, not in your emotion-driven caricature. "But they shouldn't pretend they're making an objective evaluation. It's just an opinion." They're not pretending that. They said "I just don't like it." That's as clearly subjective as a statement can get. The whole piece (except for point one) pretends to engage with opposing arguments but in fact distorts and caricatures them and then argues with the caricature.