MS was never about &quot;Developers developers developers&quot;. They&#x27;re more about that today than they have ever been before, in fact.<p>What ballmer actually meant in his demented rage was &quot;Developer lock in, Developer lock in, Developer lock in!&quot;. Linux is a million times friendlier to developers.<p>The new MS is getting there, but the new MS also has its glaring flaws, like the ones being discussed here.