I am "one of them" Microsoft still has some old corporate people still in charge versus some of the new projects which are not managed necessarily by the same groups. Until all these types leave it will feel like Microsoft is passive agressive.
Blame it on the "old people" but you soon you will see that "young people" will pull the same nonsense as soon as they have to hit quarterly numbers. Big companies can't be your friend.
Microsoft's new strategy has not happened to the detriment of quarterly numbers, on the contrary.