I work on a day to day basis with Microsoft products and services, including cloud environments, SQL databases, Azure lakes, etc.
I do it ALL from Linux, and if I have to I will remote into windows machines. I do it because I don't have time for Windows nonsense. I need my machine to work, so I can work and get paid. Linux is easy to set up and has very few surprises. It just works.
XP was when they jumped the shark, moved away and to Linux then. It is waaaay too late to give a shit what Microsoft does.