Perhaps. I would more readily believe that if Microsoft didn't have an established pattern of killing competitor companies and tech. I think they really tried

Perhaps. I would more readily believe that if Microsoft didn't have an established pattern of killing competitor companies and tech. I think they really tried to merge Skype with Live Messenger, stripping Skype for parts. And maybe those parts weren't the tech as much as the brand, but we don't know how much tech they adopted.