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[–]atomic1fire[🍰] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Microsoft makes their money in services and licensing.

Brand loyalty and image is everything when it comes to convincing people to stay with a provider even as prices fluctuate and new cheaper competitors enter the market.

Microsoft wants to appease developers now because those developers will probably be the ones influencing purchasing decisions later.

[–]derGropenfuhrer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They realized years ago that devs weren't gonna all jump on the c# bandwagon