That's the most common criticism of the Microsoft ecosystem by far. It's not just being insular, it's that huge swathes of the .NET community insist on being sp

That's the most common criticism of the Microsoft ecosystem by far. It's not just being insular, it's that huge swathes of the .NET community insist on being spoon-fed by Microsoft. The attitude is that if something isn't included out of the box with Visual Studio, you've no business whatsoever paying the slightest bit of attention to it. You see it in spades in the Silverlight community. They're all blaming Microsoft for the decline of Silverlight, even though it's largely due to factors outside Microsoft's control.