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After 60 years UNIX (aka linux) still cannot come out of the box and install itself and give a user one double-click access to email Until it does (which it never will because Linux geeks need to feel so much more superior than everyone else) it will never be THE operating system the world uses.
And I am a software engineer- i KNOW it is superior operating system to windows, technically.

That is just so wrong, on so many levels. lol
ALL distributions of any Debian based .nix (and Debian is the widest in use) come with the Evolution Suite pre-installed. ONE CLICK to start ‘er up, enter your provider’s info, your account info, and your on your way.
Evolution is an Open Source competitor to Microsoft’s Outlook Suite, with full Calendaring, Contacts, Tasks, Collaboration, etc.
Windows Vista and Windows 7 can’t do that, because they don’t even come with an email client (MS wants to suck you into their “Live Mail” bs).
As well, there is a plethora of email clients (and servers) available for FREE, from the “select and run” Software Center or, through the synaptic package manager. Choices. Choices. Choice. FREE. FREE. FREE.

As for the superiority, well, just be glad we aren’t Mac-nuts. LOL

OS X is Unix which installs quite easily on an Apple-branded PC, called a Macintosh - or more commonly, just a Mac.
Here's Apple's Open Group brand certificate, which entitles Apple to use the UNIX brand. I suggest printing this on high rag content paper, framing it and hanging it in your server room or your Mac-graced cubicle. There are UNIX pretenders, and there is the real thing. Mac users, realize that qualifying for UNIX is no small feat, especially for an open source, BSD-based OS. The Open Group standards, the PDFs for which are idiotically marked as free but blocked from PDF download unless you buy your way into a membership, are rooted in System V. Apple is to be commended.
Leopard gets UNIX 03 certification
OS X can be illegally loaded on non-Apple PCs, of course - but that leaves you to sort out the vagaries of your particular hardware which have traditionally made Windows so problematic, and with no vendor support at all. If you go with a Mac, of course, the price of OSX is embedded in the price of the hardware, since Apple's business model is to sell you not only a good system out of the box but one whose OS you will be able to economically upgrade as Apple upgrades OS X. The upshot is that a Mac is an expensive but good computer which tends to hold its value better than a cheaper PC.