When you write a novel-length reply, it's not difficult to see why you can't or won't grasp the simplicity of the concept the previous poster laid out.
Microsoft HAS stifled this industry. You were given but one example. There are many, but that one example was about the JVM - write once, run anywhere concept. The technology didn't fail - it didn't work because Microsoft couldn't allow it to. By disallowing progress, by definition, that is stifling.
I don't blame MS for everything - but I don't give them a pass on everything like you seem to do.
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