I remember back in the day when linux was associated with counter-culture hippie types playing hackysack between gnu software writing sessions. Fast forward, and the corporate beheamoth Microsoft has leveraged its billions to further the leftward lurch of the country with their fingers in every pie.
Meanwhile Windows 8.x has so thoroughly annoyed me that I have some linux boxes in my lab.
And many of my equipment vendors are providing linux (as well as Windows) versions of their SDK.
Be afraid, Microsoft.
Be very afraid.
(That said, Windows 10 looks good so far. I’ve been using the tech-preview in a non-critical application, and it’s not too different from Windows 7 in the respects that matter.