good 'nuff
The popularity of Windows doesn't benefit from fewer options so much as it benefits from the perception of there being easier options. Saying that there are fewer options with Windows than Linux is like saying that there are fewer options with Red Hat 9 than with *BSD. Of course, there are three primary BSD versions, plus several significant BSD versions on the side, to say nothing of distribution models for *BSD from LiveCD image download through retail installation CD or DVD set to full service contract installation and support for integrated *BSD solutions.
When you settle on Windows, you're not choosing the platform that provides a clear set of best choices: you're taking whatever is handed to you first and ignoring all following options. You're still making a choice, but doing so without examining the other options.
