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In my opinion these articles are always based on a false assumption. That assumption is that the choice is something like "Mac OR Linux", or "Windows OR Linux".
In today's world of cheap hardware and easy networking, it's easy to see that this is almost always not the way it is.
It's often "all of the above" or for that matter throw in mobile devices of all flavors and probably some platforms that I can't think of just now.
No doubt OS X has won over many users, but it's a fallacy to think that they tossed all their other machines in the trash.
off topic but what does BSD and OSX have in common? i've heard OSX is BSD but not sure if that is true.