Oh geez, not sure I can live up to that. After all, ShadowAce and Swordmaker were doing their Linux and Apple ping lists long before I started the Windows list, and to be honest I started that one mainly because nobody else had; Windows wasn't even my main OS at the time.
But I appreciate the compliment :-)
You have been very helpful to me and many others over the years. You also have injected sanity into many discussions that have gone sideways. I like you have no real animosity toward Linux distributions or Apple products. I have installed and used Linux on many devices and have purchased Apple hardware as well. I find it amusing when people get completely bent out of shape when nearly any observation or criticism is posted.
I find it interesting that few people seem to have any concept of how and why Linux distributions are developed. Like you, I have contributed to open-source projects that have been helpful to me. Many of these have been developed by people and companies that hope to make money from this form of distribution.
But the major distributions of Linux that many here feel so strongly about are typically a different animal altogether. I have used various versions of Ubuntu over the years. Canonical is the publisher of Ubuntu; they make money and lots of it. The company just has different type of business model than Microsoft. The owner Mark Shuttleworth has a very interesting history, and his net worth is approximately $636,000,000.
Is Canonical morally superior to Microsoft? Very possibly... but it would be basically impossible for anyone to actually make a definitive judgment. The company's employees give it a 3.2 rating. Microsoft's employees give it a 4.2 rating.
https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Canonical-Reviews-E230560.htm