Leave it to Microsoft to be openly user-hostile in every way possible, knowing perfectly well that it won't hurt their market share one bit. I have no idea why people think this is a different Microsoft now than it was under Ballmer.
Short-term, maybe not. Long-term...well, there's a reason everyone wants a Macbook anymore.
Luckily for him, in a capitalism "meritocracy" that's all that matters.
So you have phrases like: "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?"
As it stands now, it seems like there are ways other to make lots of money other than merit. Is that an argument against meritocracy? It sounds like it's the opposite to me.