Is that all you got? Been called worse by my mother.

Unskilled because we can't afford to own all of these platforms? I have some choice words for you, but I will refrain. Just because YOU can work with all of these doesn't make everyone else that can't "unskilled". I am skilled in what I do, I don't NEED to use a Mac, so I don't. I know Linux to a limited degree, but I haven't had much of a need or desire to use it more extensively (although I may). But to claim I am flat out "unskilled" because I don't use all of these is pretty harsh.

Or perhaps they have an opinion t hat differs from yours? My concerns about Windows 8 are completely valid and companies like Valve, Blizzard and the author of Minecraft have went on record having the same concerns. I guess they're "dense" as well right?

A friend of mine at church today had his laptop opened up with Windows 8 on it. He likes it, and that is his right, but I had to chuckle when he hit the wrong key and suddenly lost his desktop and couldn't find where it went.

I do not like the Windows 8 interface, this doesn't make me dense or unskilled, it makes me a human being with an opinion and different preferences that you have. I do not like Microsoft's rules for getting approved which seems to lean heavily away from open source. I do not like how it is required that your app uses an API approved by them, and only available from THEIR store. I do not like how Windows 8 treats my game like a potential hazard when someone goes to install it simply because it wasn't approved by Microsoft. These are all valid concerns. Don't like my opinion? Tough!

Wow, spitting venom but obviously didn't understand what I said or read where I explained what I meant.

You can have your preferences, but if Windows (or others) is "too broken" for you to use, it's you that's broken because most people can use it just fine. And that's completely unrelated to the MS lockdown (as I think is those people/companies you mentioned's opposition to Windows 8, since none of them would have any problem getting certified.)

Apparently it is scheduled to stop in early 2015.

When they say "stop supporting", that means that they'll stop programming patches while the existing patches will still be available on Microsoft Update?

"Most people use it just fine" because, broken as it is, it's still easier than doing a 10000 cell spreadsheet with paper and calculator.

I believe most people use Windows because "that's what everybody else uses", assuming they've bothered to recognize the numerable clues that there is such a thing as an OS at all.

Most people use Windows because it comes installed on their computer when they buy it.

I understood you completely.

What's not to understand about:

and...

You're being an asshat.

I gave away my old laptop without telling then it was running XUbuntu. The feedback I got was "Which version of Windows is this? It's so much faster and never crashes." They hadn't realized the difference, because they were able to even install and run Windows software automatically via WINE.

Market share has more to do with, uhm, marketing and bias than it does with actual product features. There's no way Windows is significantly better than OS X. And if you want to argue cost as a reason, then Linux ought to be in the lead.

Okay Trent, what was it I misunderstood about this? Explain? I don't work with a Mac and I haven't programmed on Linux, although I do try and use cross platform tools so I can keep my options open. Where I may not know everything I need to, I know enough to do something on Windows. I take offence to being labelled as unskilled because I may never use a Mac for example.

What was it I misunderstood? How did you REALLY mean this? If you meant it differently, than perhaps you are unskilled at getting your point across effectively and clearly.

also, what did I misunderstand about...

Please, feel free to explain yourself as I would rather fully understand what you REALLY meant, because it seems to mean if I can't work with all three platforms than I am unskilled and if I complain, I am dense... but if there is some hidden, coded meaning in here, I would like to know what it is. Because, I am too unskilled and dense to see the real meaning.

You mean like people who call others "dense" if they don't like an OS?

I agree though, it's why I dislike Windows 8, because they're pushing their own API and punishing those who use open source, cross platform tools. In order for manufacturers to be able to package Windows 8 with their hardware they have to have their BIOS so you can't install any other OS... but what do I know, I am unskilled and dense.

Windows 8 likes to refuse to run unsigned or unknown programs.