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90% of users didn't choose it, it was stuffed at them
DUH! 90% of people use Windows not because they chose it as the best system, but only because that's what PCs have generally come with when you buy them. There's no choice, nor market selection in that. That's the whole issue with MicroSoft stuff. They have market share through clever bundling license deals with VARs, not because people chose it as the best.

It's sort of like a nice communist regime: there's only one pair of shoes you can get, so it is by default the best one.
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