This is actually a great boon. The Windows development environment is incredibly inviting to beginners and it has a lot of power. Linux may be more flexible and open, but it's really hard to get started with when you have no experience programming.
Microsoft says "you are not allowed to learn about our software". Besides being an inferior programming environment, it is also an anti-educational one.
Edit: And to make things worse, they are giving away gratis Windows 10 licenses for it!