1) Uhm, hello... Microsoft pays their fines and laughs all the way to the bank -- or use regulatory capture. (How many years has the EU been trying to get usable documentation for network standards?!)
2) Uhm, hello... Microsoft and different application areas? History contradicts you here, too.
(Then, I don't know enough about Sony/PS1, but Microsoft entering areas like this is a bit outside of their normal behavior, but open source will change their home market.)
1) Uhm, hello... Microsoft pays their fines and laughs all the way to the bank -- or use regulatory capture. (How many years has the EU been trying to get usable documentation for network standards?!)
2) Uhm, hello... Microsoft and different application areas? History contradicts you here, too.
(Then, I don't know enough about Sony/PS1, but Microsoft entering areas like this is a bit outside of their normal behavior, but open source will change their home market.)