I don't understand why Microsoft couldn't have just endorsed OpenNI, fixed the drivers, created some Visual Studio/.net integration and been done with it. Would

I don't understand why Microsoft couldn't have just endorsed OpenNI, fixed the drivers, created some Visual Studio/.net integration and been done with it. Would have spent half as much time in development, cost them less and given them the same exact product. And anyone, even without a Windows Machine or Visual Studio could have worked on this. I definitely answered my own question.