Well, a few years ago I might have agreed with you, but even MS knows that Linux and open source have won the server. This is a company that open sourced .NET a

Well, a few years ago I might have agreed with you, but even MS knows that Linux and open source have won the server. This is a company that open sourced .NET and sends people to Unity (not their product) for game development. The issue is, "What do (desktop) users want?" And the answer is obviously Windows. If they can have their Windows cake and IT can eat Linux, too, what's not to like?