[m0dem]

I'm not totally sure. I think it may because Windows is currently one of the choices developers stay away from, often choosing Mac OSX and Linux instead. On the other hand, they may be trying to break into the open-source side of things.

I'm by no means a linux/OS expert, though. Those are just my thoughts/opinions from some experiences as someone who uses Linux as their daily-driver

That is very true. They could very well be doing it to attract developers back to their OS.