Motivation is powetful influence on devolopment. The linux kernel is largley driven by UX and desire for technical excellence (there are ultier motive from some major factions but overall this is true and actions are judged publically as such).
Microsoft is, like most companies, driven by stockholder value creation.
One produces an enviroment in which cautious adoption of new tech is constant, a slow trickle for use where it seems most applicable.
The other demands that the perception of exclusive capital be created through vertical intergration with propritary IP and that the promise of cost reductions are underway. Aka Microslop trying to add a buzz word to every IP (percieved capital creation) and promising massive layoffs.
Cars are useful where rual living makes sense. The sense breaks down fast if you dont need to pass acres of fields.