It's been a while and there have been many leadership changes at Microsoft. I'd speculate that there's little relationship between the Microsoft of 1998 and tha

It's been a while and there have been many leadership changes at Microsoft. I'd speculate that there's little relationship between the Microsoft of 1998 and that of 2018. Aside from them both being large corporations. That said, I think the lesson here is clear: we should never trust any corporation for much of anything. This memo strikes me as a nice summary of what any incumbent company will do when they feel threatened. I think it's unhelpful to think of this memo solely in terms of "Microsoft".