How about it&#x27;s tainted with the Microsoft association? Even the appearance of the string &quot;Microsoft&quot; is enough to produce a very visceral reaction to many people. They may suppress it alright and even try to convince themselves that maybe _this time_ Microsoft <i>really</i> has changed but the reaction is there and, like I said, very visceral. The attempts of TypeScript or F# to distance themselves as much as possible from Microsoft speak volumes. And BTW last time I checked Microsoft was still trying to push its MS Office abomination to schools and colleges as part of some &quot;curriculum&quot;. That&#x27;s equivalent to brain-raping kids in my book.