> It's ok that developers don't use Windows. Sure. Except once upon a time ago, Microsoft was really big on dogfooding and it definitively was not ok for Micro

> It's ok that developers don't use Windows. Sure. Except once upon a time ago, Microsoft was really big on dogfooding and it definitively was not ok for Microsoft's developers to not use Windows. Seeing their employees using macs on stage at conferences sends a very clear message "don't bother with Windows. It isn't even good enough for our own staff to use." What happened to "Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers!"? Ballmer was not a good CEO, but he understood at least that dev & enthusiast mindshare = your product being chosen and recommended elsewhere.