[chollida1]

> Now in the Steve Ballmer era, Microsoft is interested only in screwing everybody, including its own developers

Come on, atleast try to pretend that you didn't have a predetermined idea of what you want your solution to look like before you make up your numbers.

This really causes the authors credibility to take a hit here.

[marshray]

I would agree with you if the subject were anybody but Microsoft. But it seems extremely rare for any big business partnership with Microsoft to go well for the other party (unless their plan all along was to exist solely as a nice in the MS ecosystem or sell to MS altogether).

I think there's enough evidence to call it a debatable fact.