> I don't understand what's Microsoft's incentive is to put all this money behind it Well, that's easy, marketing. By creating a decent cross platform text ed

> I don't understand what's Microsoft's incentive is to put all this money behind it Well, that's easy, marketing. By creating a decent cross platform text editor and getting people behind it, they create a prescience on all 3 major operating systems and may attract people to check out their other offerings.