> turning over a new leaf I think you can always count on smart companies to optimize for return on assets, including their brand. Microsoft had some weakness

> turning over a new leaf I think you can always count on smart companies to optimize for return on assets, including their brand. Microsoft had some weakness on that front, but they've put significant, sincere, and welcome effort into building brand value with the engineering crowd over the last decade. Nonetheless, it's entirely reasonable to expect them to make use of opportunities to leverage their assets to build their business as well. If you have the means, compile from source. And if not, then perhaps enlist the services of someone who does (directly or indirectly).