I am of course talking about What advantages does Ubuntu have over Windows as an environment for programming?

It's picking up a number of meta comments (and allegations) so I thought it better to transfer some of that to Meta where we can talk about it without bombing what I consider a valid question.

Before we go any further, let me head off the "But Oli, you've got a very vested rep interest in that question"... The phrase "a drop in the ocean" couldn't seem more applicable to me. The reason I answered it in the first place is because I think it's a good question. The current main reasons I like it are:

• It's furiously popular (2576 views in 22 hours)
• It's great advertising for Ubuntu
• It's attracting people with real experience
• It is about Ubuntu, it is about development and it can be answered satisfactorily without bending to plain old mud-slinging or obviously one-sided views. We've got people coming in from other SE sites to help out here.

I've just deleted the most meta-comment from BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft. I'm not so narrow minded that I don't think it deserves direct attention so here it is.

This question is incredibly off-topic for a number of reasons; the only reason it's still open is because a moderator likes how it agrees with his OS-political-opinions. That, plus the fact that he deleted all the highly-upvoted comments explaining why it's off-topic, is just another reason we need more checks-and-balances to prevent moderator abuse.

I'm deleting this and other comments because they're junking up a question with meta squawk. I'm also only deleting them after I'm dealing with their complaint. And here I am, covering it all up on Meta. Hidden in plain sight. Moderators are evil.

If you agree with Danny or have another issue with me or another moderator, please take it up with the other moderators on Meta (I can't hide a question from them) or the Stack Exchange team via the contact link at the bottom of every page.