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>And what makes you think they will do the same?

Decades of history, and their own self-interest.

>Fact is you have no idea

Sure I do. They've acted this way for decades, under various different management. To think they're suddenly going to become some nice, ethical company is sheer lunacy.

>and all signs point to a more open MS that has learned that simply throwing their weight around won't work anymore.

What signs? I haven't seen any. They've done stuff just like this before, and it always turned out badly.



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