Yes that is it. Microsoft as the bogeyman of the tech industry (i.e. a factor one must consider). That concept is "checkmated"/dead. It no longer holds true. A

Yes that is it. Microsoft as the bogeyman of the tech industry (i.e. a factor one must consider). That concept is "checkmated"/dead. It no longer holds true. And there's nothing immediately obvious MS can do to reverse that situation ("get out of it").