<div dir="ltr">I am not saying that (or whether) I agree.  <br><font size="6">This is just "FYI". </font><br><font size="4">("Read or Toss"  -- !) <br></font><br>The first item in this e-zine has a LINK to <br><br><a href="https://www.quora.com/When-Linux-provides-so-many-high-quality-operating-systems-of-many-varieties-free-of-cost-why-do-people-still-buy-Mac-OS-and-Windows-OS">https://www.quora.com/When-Linux-provides-so-many-high-quality-operating-systems-of-many-varieties-free-of-cost-why-do-people-still-buy-Mac-OS-and-Windows-OS</a> <br><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><font size="4">Mike Schwartz    <br></font>Glendale  AZ <br><a href="mailto:schwartz@acm.org" target="_blank">schwartz@acm.org</a></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Quora Digest</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:digest-noreply@quora.com">digest-noreply@quora.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 11:54 AM<br>Subject: When Linux provides so many high-quality operating systems of many varieties free of...? - Quora<br>To: <a href="mailto:mike.l.schwartz@gmail.com">mike.l.schwartz@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><u></u><div><div style="width:100%;margin:0px;padding:0px" width="100%"><table cellpadding="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;width:100%;height:100%;text-align:left;background:rgb(238,238,238)" width="100%" align="left" height="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;padding:32px 0px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238)" align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><table cellpadding="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;padding:32px;min-width:320px;max-width:525px;height:100%;background:rgb(255,255,255)" height="100%"><table cellpadding="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100%" width="100%"><tbody>
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<span style="color:white;font-size:1px;display:block">Answer: I live in Latin America, where the cost of Windows is prohibitively hi.​.​.​</span><table cellpadding="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr>
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<li>Install Linux Mint or Ubuntu for free.</li>
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<li>97% of the top 500 supercomputers</li>
<li>36% of the top 10 million webservers</li>
<li>97% of the top 1 million webservers</li>
<li>Nearly 100% of all Android devices[1] (as Tim points out, Android is a layer atop an OS, nearly always Linux)</li>
<li>1.8% of desktops/laptops</li>
<li>15% of desktops/laptops that aren't running a Microsoft OS</li>
<li>Roku STBs</li>
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<br>Data Source<br>[1] "Android" not on top of Linux: Myriad Alien Dalvik (mainly used in cable/sat... </a><a style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(83,141,194)" href="https://www.quora.com/qemail/track_click?uid=qIX87oFeRWB&al_imp=eyJoYXNoIjogIjE0NDg4OTQ0MjYwNTIzNTQyOTJ8N3wxfDE1Nzg5MDkwIiwgInR5cGUiOiAzM30%3D&aoid=jnhLJ6M0o9U&request_id=1448894426052354292&aoty=1&et=2&al_pri=ReadMoreLinkClickthrough&id=K-weMjWcHMakxLOk5yxKaw%3D%3D&ct=1445712407933957&src=1&ty_data=jnhLJ6M0o9U&ty=1&click_pos=7&st=1445712407933957&source=1&stories=1_dUOH3VfrnvQ%7C1_mumoaqXFXWB%7C1_MMnLVUHmh0d%7C1_ICRVZwgqzUA%7C1_a4eO1PR5fsj%7C1_jIpVv1JIimS%7C1_jnhLJ6M0o9U%7C1_1im8ayra5oy%7C1_M5CSs1APWuD%7C1_ovawB0cj6ua&v=0&aty=4" target="_blank">Read More »</a>
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