I would hardly call the article a 'review'. More a 'nostalgic account'---it is too subjective and qualitative to serve as a review. Mind, that does not mean I disagree with what is written, and certainly does not mean it is a bad account in the first place.
Then there was someone who claimed you had to have glasses miles thick in order to understand Linux, especially when things broke down. I really wish people would keep a little up to date with things or gave it a serious effort before making such comments: today it certainly isn't as bad as it once was. Quite often you do not even need to know what goes on in the murky depths of the operating system to solve a problem---or would you rather prefer Microsoft's sledge hammer technique of 'reinstalling the OS' to fix things? Of course there are always traumatised victims with gruesome horror stories to be found, but that can be said of any other operating system. ('Volume DH0: is not validated' or 'Volume DH0: has a read error' anyone?) There are plenty of books which do a great job of explaining the basics, even to complete newbies.
Methinks it is mostly fear of the unknown, coupled with an understandable hesitation of what to do with one's favourite programs and data. (I miss Deluxe Paint something fierce.) Just like the author of the article which started this thread.
My $0.02.
