I'm a user so I shouldn't feel involved in this discussion. But let me ask: who are (all of) you that wrote referring to with "we"? All developers? Is it true that _all_ developers involved with Inkscape do think so? I mean, all developers, included (but not only) those who work specifically for the Windows version, do think that Linux is a better platform to work on rather than Windows? This would sound a bit weird to me but it's possible. If this is true, then those who made it possible for Inkscape to work (so well) on Windows really deserve even more gratitude than they already have from us Windows users!
C R wrote
Ubuntu is much easier to install than Windows,
I disagree. And I disagree because I've installed Ubuntu (and other distros) many times on my PCs in the last couple of decades and I've always had problems with this or that hardware so I had to trim every installation by hand (sometimes by simply editing a text file). Of course trimming an OS is a lot of fun (for all that like this sort of things, and I do), but honestly you can't say it's easier for the average user. Unless you refer to the installation process itself, where you just insert a DVD and wait but that's true for both so saying that it's "much easier" for Ubuntu is still wrong (I don't find it easier to insert Ubuntu DVDs into my reader :).
Personally I think that having a Free Software project mentioning other relevant Free Software projects to open people's eyes on the fact that (if they want to) they _could_ use a complete Free Software based system, OS included, is a good thing. Just pay attention on how it's presented because it can easily degenerate into a "Linux is better than Windows. No, it isn't! Yes it is!!!" discussion. And it won't be fair with the big freedom that, thanks to _all_ developers, Inkscape's users have in taking advantage of the same excellent software in whatever OS they prefer.
Luca
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