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Re:Wal-Mart Offers Linux as Windows Alternative (2003) by cududa on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:32AM (#15235564)
Given that there are more MacOS than Linux machines, I'd say that is exactly what users want:

(And don't get into some "But Android is linux" nonsense)

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Re:Wal-Mart Offers Linux as Windows Alternative (2003) by vacri on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @04:40AM (#15236528)
With the exception of the desktop space, from tiny embedded machines to the world's top supercomputers, linux installs dwarf any other OS. If you want to compare 'macos' and 'linux' machines at that level, macos is just a blip.
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Re:Wal-Mart Offers Linux as Windows Alternative (2003) by ekianjo on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @06:27AM (#15236992)
Linux is hardly marketed by any single company with billions of dollars in cash, so I'd say the comparison is completely moot.
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Re:Wal-Mart Offers Linux as Windows Alternative (2003) by jhoechtl on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @01:26AM (#15235781)
You mix marketing induced needs with rationality
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