Article is from 2013. But yes, of course Microsoft is going to be a hugely corporate environment where people want attention by their superiors, want nice careers, and probably don't spend weekends polishing some code so it runs fun and looks pretty. Most large companies are like that.
Open source is a different culture where you care about those things. I think Visual Studio Code is pretty nice though and it's still not filled with Microsoft logotypes and commercial marketing messages, so they have that going for them. :)
