Actually Balmer cared much more about Windows than Satya, as long Azure, Office and Games are printing money, nothing else matters.

Hence why the Windows development experience has went downhill since he took over.

We might have a Microsoft <3 Linux, with a ton of FOSS products being on Microsoft's accounting list, however Windows is a shade of itself versus "Developers, Developers, Developers" days.

Recent example, Microsoft Photos team proudly presents their UWP to Windows APP SDK migration,

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2024/06/03/micros...

Turns out they are now using WebView2 for the UI part.