Although the company is now thoroughly cross-platform, not every application will move to or take advantage of Linux. Instead, Microsoft adopts or supports Linux when the customers are there, or when it wants to take advantage of the ecosystem with open-source projects.

Is Microsoft transitioning to Linux?

10 years ago, to even suggest that Microsoft would move its entire operating system to Linux would be unheard of. … Now, Microsoft is going to be moving from its most recent effort to create its own bespoke rendering engine for Edge to using a rendering engine which (mostly) sticks to web standards.

Will Linux have next Windows?

Which platform you develop on is going to depend on project needs. But for the most part, most developers will probably tell you that Linux is far superior than Windows for development or creativity (and some would even argue beyond those two).