I know it is not "fashionable" to bash windows nowadays but being someone that *has* to use it mostly against his will I have this random message primarily for myself:

The Windows philosophy is really not a flawed one, In my personal opinion, it consists in developing applications that can be used easily by people who have little understanding of computers, this includes the "user friendly experience", "point-and-click", "plug and play" and other paradigms alike. On the other hand, *nix philosophy promotes developing applications that can potentially be used more efficiently by people who have a great deal of understanding of computers.

Both have their user base, and this is precisely the reason why Windows is the dominant OS; those that don't understand computers far outnumber those that do.