How indeed? Can you show me examples of me constantly talking about silly
Vista H8 GUI drama rather than software freedom issues of Windows? Does a
Bing or DDG search turns up such stuff? A Google search for "will hill"
"vista h8" did not do it for me. I may have also complained about Vista H8's
awful and dysfunctional GUI, but I would mostly do that as an example of the
injustices of non free software.
I often argue that porting free software to Windows is a bad idea, but not
for the single and odd reason you have put into my mouth. I usually say that
it's a waste of developer time that makes people less likely to leave
Windows. You might find me saying that the comfort of such ports makes it
easier for new GNU/Linux users to give up. A long time ago, I thought it was
a good idea to port a few key applications, like a browser and an office
suite, but I now think even those are counter productive. Microsoft locked
both Libre Office and Mozilla out of accelerated graphics on several versions
of Windows, and I think Microsoft should just be left to rot. More recently,
I saw how porting to Windows made Mozilla's build system far more complicated
than it has to be and I objected to that damage. Porting whole desktop
systems, like KDE, to Windows is a terrible waste of time for the same
reasons but will do even more damage to free software users. In general, I
think porting to Windows gives people the illusion that free software
projects endorse the use of non free software and it's beyond time to end
that practice. Most normal people have abandoned Windows for Android/Linux.
If it's practical to port to "popular" systems at all, Windows should no
longer be the target. I'd rather liberate the hardware people us and be able
to offer them completely free, Respects Your Freedom systems.
Again, I have to ask you where you get your odd ideas?
