Hey,....I was first...:LOL!
Yours is a good, related article Ernie.
But I don't think it goes far enough in mentioning the Linux alternative.
BTW, I don't know how the author came up with this assertion:
Who are you going to trust and believe in? The noncommercial Ubuntu Foundation (and wider project), which has developed an open-source operating system second to none and virtually ended the Linux distribution wars?
Ubuntu based distros certainly deserve praise for their contribution to the Linux community.
But I think it's way too premature to declare that all the other non-Ubuntu distros have dropped out of the race.
From what I can see, the competition is healthier than ever!