I know several people who love the tight integration that Microsoft's tools have, from the .NET environment (and multiple languages) to their cloud tools to the

I know several people who love the tight integration that Microsoft's tools have, from the .NET environment (and multiple languages) to their cloud tools to their database integration. If you buy into their way of doing things, it seems to be a pretty great work environment all around. Granted none of this really has anything to do with their "improved understanding of open source" or "how they do business", so take it for what it's worth (anecdotal evidence).