It's not very different from Apple's strictness when it comes to hardware. Apple doesn't try to support everything that exists, or to be backward compatible wit

It's not very different from Apple's strictness when it comes to hardware. Apple doesn't try to support everything that exists, or to be backward compatible with everything that used to. Linux succeeds in this area because of the number of peoples' interest in having those features and are able to code them. It looks to me like Microsoft has been taking notes and feel they've found a sweet spot.