[btilly]

And yet somehow Linux manages to run on a greater variety of hardware than Windows does.

I am of course including supercomputers, embedded hardware, and hand-held phones. Admittedly Windows has greater support for is running consumer hardware for desktops. But that has to do with how small the Linux marketshare is. And is hardly an indictment of Linus' work.

[jayd16]

It's not an indictment at all. I'm just pointing out that there is no apples to apples comparison and it's misleading to imply there is.