I kinda tire of this sort of comment. I lived/worked through the EEE phase of MS back in the 90's, for good or for bad, but ultimately every large scale vendor

I kinda tire of this sort of comment. I lived/worked through the EEE phase of MS back in the 90's, for good or for bad, but ultimately every large scale vendor wants to own the current "hot" space with their vendor specific tooling. No corporation is your friend.