Well, yes! But it would have been harder for an employee to do this since he would have been violating MS policies, hence risking his job. Also, The whole thin

Well, yes! But it would have been harder for an employee to do this since he would have been violating MS policies, hence risking his job. Also, The whole thing would have gone through a whole design process involving a PM and a Test, I doubt the 3 would have come to the same design decision (visual + architectural) as Plurk. Also, if the three decided to steal the code than it would have been three people risking their jobs instead of a vendor who was hoping "nobody would notice" esp since Plurk wasn't available from China.