Wasn't this "fear- driven strategy" of aggressive paranoia (I hate to use the word here because it has a strongly negative connotation when such paranoia may be

Wasn't this "fear- driven strategy" of aggressive paranoia (I hate to use the word here because it has a strongly negative connotation when such paranoia may be entirely warranted) a hallmark of the aggressive and tech expansionist culture of... Microsoft? This is the upshot and downside of companies with ambitions that are essentially limitless: When you treat EVERYTHING as an opportunity, you inevitably come to see EVERYTHING as a potential threat.