[cphoover]

"brilliant"

I think "predictable" is more apt.

[divbzero]

It makes perfect sense for Satya, Sam, and Greg, but I doubt many of us thought deeply enough to have predicted it in advance.

[sanderjd]

I've read a decent amount of predictions about this and had not actually seen this one or considered it until I read about it happening.

I think the predictable thing would have been a new company with new investment from Microsoft. But this is better; it a bit like magical thinking that MS would want to just throw more money after a new venture and essentially write off the old one. This solution accomplished similar things, but gives more to Microsoft in the trade by bringing that "new company" fully in house.

[singularity2001]

link to your prediction?

[boringg]

I mean there weren't a lot of options.

[sanderjd]

Yes but I didn't see this one discussed at all. Did you? Curious to see those threads if you have links. I might have just missed them.