They switched over for 7 years, they got the initial political support required to switch over, they created their own distribution. So I regard that as having

They switched over for 7 years, they got the initial political support required to switch over, they created their own distribution. So I regard that as having shown that it is possible to switch. This is purely showing that getting over the first hurdle is possible. They then showed what to what lengths MS will go to lobby against it, so Barcelona can be better prepared for the next hurdle. These are all fairly massive achievements.