>I'm curious... why do you think Microsoft should take responsibility for your career?

Where did you get that impression? He's off Windows, therefore he did take responsibility for his own career.

When I'm deurinated at the Redmondians, it's just the same way I am when I discover that the nice screwdriver I bought is shiny only on the top 2 microns of surface, and beneath it there's some pinkish alloy: I curse the supplier of my tools.