Money. it is all just business. as long as israel pays for services companies will deliver. the only thing stopping them from delivering, is an embargo. but since microsoft is an american company, i dont think chances for that are high.

for someone regularly using both: it is a convenience feature.

that way i just know config files are under ~/.myApp. if windows devs would beore consistent, i would be ok with %APPDATA%\myApp. however, too often it is under %APPDATA%\..\Roaming\myApp - which is just a pain. so i prefere linux style on windows.

edit: copy paste error