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https://www.threads.net/@pureinfotech/post/DCzbB-jJvfD/thoughts-anyone-is-windows-the-most-open-operating-system-is-there-any-linux-use
This is marketing puffery. It's an imprecise claim about the product's goodness that cannot be objectively tested.
Duh
(I know, you watched a recent WAN show and just wanted to brag with the word puffery)
I hadn't heard of the WAN show before this comment. I learned about puffery as a kid when my parents were shopping for a car and I was very excited to inform them I had just heard on the radio that a specific dealership was the best.