Stupid question --- why doesn't Microsoft help them do this? Apparently, the answer is because service and vendor lock-in is much more profitable. Microsoft b

Stupid question --- why doesn't Microsoft help them do this? Apparently, the answer is because service and vendor lock-in is much more profitable. Microsoft became wildly profitable by breaking the service provider model --- only to fall back into the model they broke. The more things change, the more tbey stay the same.