One of Microsofts bigger problem might be that improving anything might break th...

		eitland on Dec 17, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cash Cow Disease: The Cognitive Decline of Microso... One of Microsofts bigger problem might be that improving anything might break their stranglehold on consumers and other companies. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1991950 / http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ej32l/we_are_the_hotma... where the hotmail team seemingly can't understand the reason why someone would need IMAP support when ActiveSync exists

Yea, MS's vendor lock-in is old and well-known and part of why MS was considered evil.