> It's a different group of people steering the ship then it was 25 years ago.

Is it a different group of people than were steering when they decided to patent troll Android OEMs less than a decade ago?

Is it a different group of people than were steering when they started abusing their desktop market share to strong arm their way into the browser market last year? (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29415031)

Microsoft didn't change, they're just being more careful now that their position is weaker.