Nice...
Pimping your own test suite!
On the other hand, why would others perform Linux testing since:
a) hardware features are not fully exploited in Linux
b) majority of "off the shelf" applications used in testing not ported to Linux
c) Individual builds of Linux distros (not to mention the variation inside a single build of just distro) is YMMV, while Windows ISOs have variations of less than 1%
d) they can just point to your site (yay! more unique visitors and page clicks may add up to better ad revenue pay-outs!)
e) all the above
Answer: E
We're hitting the wall here people. Like that 80-20 rule you hear about in business classes, Linux distros are hitting 80% of the features found in Microsoft and Apple. And it's this last 20% that really is the differentiator that sells Windows 80% of the time.
Knowing this, Microsoft uses money and clout (being the largest OS distribution in business and home markets) to influence hardware and software vendors to delay or reject the Linux environment from taking the other 20%. And by delay, I mean offering proprietary drivers and forcing open source to accept proprietary abstraction layers.
Pimping your own test suite!
On the other hand, why would others perform Linux testing since:
a) hardware features are not fully exploited in Linux
b) majority of "off the shelf" applications used in testing not ported to Linux
c) Individual builds of Linux distros (not to mention the variation inside a single build of just distro) is YMMV, while Windows ISOs have variations of less than 1%
d) they can just point to your site (yay! more unique visitors and page clicks may add up to better ad revenue pay-outs!)
e) all the above
Answer: E
We're hitting the wall here people. Like that 80-20 rule you hear about in business classes, Linux distros are hitting 80% of the features found in Microsoft and Apple. And it's this last 20% that really is the differentiator that sells Windows 80% of the time.
Knowing this, Microsoft uses money and clout (being the largest OS distribution in business and home markets) to influence hardware and software vendors to delay or reject the Linux environment from taking the other 20%. And by delay, I mean offering proprietary drivers and forcing open source to accept proprietary abstraction layers.
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