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That analogy fails, because a full 32 percent of New Yorkers take the subway for their commute, whereas about 1-4 percent of people use Linux.

Go ahead and say "well, that's because a lot of people are stupid sheep." Doesn't really matter. The fact is, Linux has been "just about to take over the desktop OS market and leave all these commercial-software-loving Wintel Box users in the dust" for almost as long as we've been waiting for nuclear fusion.

And it actually looks like we MIGHT get fusion power, before Linux can break 6 percent (edit: wait, if you count ChromeOS, I guess it broke 6 percent, at some point. I don't know if you count ChromeOS, though. I kinda don't, because of how much it relies on cloud shit)

If any non-windows PC-compatible operating system had ever put together a 32 percent market share, that would have made EVERYTHING better, because it would have been placing market pressure on Microsoft. They wouldn't be able to pull bullshit stunts like we've been talking about.

But Linux could never actually get enough users. It just wasn't ever meant to be.

EDIT: I actually had my numbers wrong. 32 percent is the number of commuters who use the subway to get INTO New York City, for their daily commute. Apparently, A FULL 55 PERCENT OF ACTUAL NEW YORK RESIDENTS say they use the subway as their primary mode of transportation, inside the city.

So, again, the analogy simply cannot hold. Linux will never have 55 percent of the userbase.

You probably think it should have 55 percent. And that's fine. But a bunch of could'ves, should'ves, and would'ves taped to a $10 bill are worth one picture of Alexander Hamilton, and not much else.