>I wouldn't exactly call Eclipse or Mono poor tools. But I agree on your other points.
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>>I'll give you a hint....no business sense, poor tools, lack of leadership

Have you used Mono? I tried to write a small app in it... What a joke of a system. The editor was clunky, the system buggy, and only rudimentary support for .Net 1.1, no where close to 3.5. It'll be a decade before they're in a position to produce enterprise business apps.