Unlike perhaps a decade ago I don't really care about Microsoft today. They're irrelevant to my life, and I don't use any of their software. If anyone recomme

Unlike perhaps a decade ago I don't really care about Microsoft today. They're irrelevant to my life, and I don't use any of their software. If anyone recommended using a proprietary Microsoft system I'd respect their choice but strongly advise against it. You might say that stuff that happened a decade ago is done and gone, but the thing to really consider is whether the people running Microsoft has changed significantly and whether their overall approach/philosophy has changed. I think the answer to that is not much.