Ok, everyone here is bashing Microsoft and making doom and gloom predictions but let us think about what the possible benefits could be: * A bigger development

Ok, everyone here is bashing Microsoft and making doom and gloom predictions but let us think about what the possible benefits could be: * A bigger development team that could optimise and speed development of minecraft improvements * Maybe actually make an official, well-designed, modding API. I agree that the scope for them screwing it up is huge, but lets try to think at least a little bit positive.