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you might also consider the fact that OSX machines are expensive. and the education for learning linux is generally expensive or not accessible. so supporting windows also supports ... poor people, people from different countries that have different economies, etc.

should we not pick up capitalism's slack? capitalism sure isn't going to pick up its own slack, err... systemic method of restricting underprivileged/poor people's access to power.




> the education for learning linux is generally expensive or not accessible

Wow, this is incredibly wrong. The cost of education to learn Linux is living in a country where you are likely to be literate and have access to a computer. That is literally the cost to learn Linux, guy. There is nothing like an MSDN subscription for Linux documentation.




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