They want devs to write for Linux because they are a services company who make money from Azure VMs including those that run Linux.<p>They don&#x27;t want end users to run Linux desktop.<p>So devtools&#x2F;languages&#x2F;cloud divisions inside Microsoft like Linux.<p>Those in ms who deal with end user applications (home users in this case, as ms push Lync to business) probably see little point in investing in development in Skype for Linux.