Comment by kube-system

As if it is somehow MSFT's fault that others failed to do the same?

"Build it and they will come" is a falsehood proven over-and-over by a long history of dead startups who died before they ever figured out how find market fit. It doesn't matter how good your software is, if you don't convince people to use it, you won't have users.

Look at Red Hat, GitLab, etc for examples of how to make OSS successful.