Obviously, this is a great opportunity for Microsoft to build steady awareness among future professionals and while getting them familiar with the platforms of some of their new software. Value-Centered Management teaches that a company must first understand what the customer value. With the feedback retrieved from the students, Mircrosoft will continue to create a steady pipeline of communication to the customer while creating exactly what their future customers want. It also signals that they recognize they have real competition (including open source alternatives) when it comes to IDEs and other developer tools.

 So I guess open source does matter.