I got it, too. Looks to me like Microsoft's attempt to stem to flow of developers - especially in startups - to open source software and related tools. The down cycle is going to accelerate the erosion of Microsoft's market share to freeware competitors, this looks like their acknowledgement of that market reality to me.
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