On 20 Jul 2024 10:28 +0200, fromgeorge@nsup.org (Nicolas George):
Thank David! market share is important though it isn't "reliable
recommendation for quality": more users attract more programmers, who
develop more apps,
The programmers who are attracted by market share are not necessarily
the ones who are interested in developing quality and/or innovative
software, though.
A lot of paid-for programmer time isn't necessarily for what the
individual programmer_wants_ to do. If one's employer dictates that
their products should support Mac OS and Windows, for example, then
there's usually little that a programmer, no matter how motivated, can
do to extend that support to include Linux; especially if the product
in question is heavily dependent on OS-specific APIs.