> I wouldn’t call Microsoft as a company returning control to Engineers and product. I would not either, but this just reinforces the opinion that it is very h

> I wouldn’t call Microsoft as a company returning control to Engineers and product. I would not either, but this just reinforces the opinion that it is very hard for a company to get out of this state. Once engineers are domesticated even if the leadership wants to reinvigorate the company (and I think Microsoft's would like), empowering tame engineers is unlikely to produce earth-shattering results. Product improvements, sure; new technologies, probably not. My 2c.