By Abhijith M B
Publication Date: 2026-10-05 14:00:00
Microsoft Distinguished Engineer David Fowler called out a viral X post that said Windows is not worth developers’ time. It’s the typical Windows-hate rage-bait post, which Fowler recognized, while also saying more developers use Windows than any other operating system.
He’s right on the numbers, but polls of startup and Big Tech developers show many of them choose macOS and Linux, which is why Microsoft keeps pouring work into WSL.
“life is too short to support windows users,” posted Michael Chomsky, whose X bio says most startup problems can be solved with 100M views! Of course, that’s enough to deem his X post worthless; however, the post crossed 15,000 views and was climbing fast. The replies under it are exactly what you’d expect.
David Fowler, who has been at Microsoft for over 18 years,
