I hope it would be a too dangerous plot to have been hatched by MS. They have other "communities" where they wish to continue to benefit from the good hard work done by their MVPs there.Agreed. Had this erupted into a major furore (e.g. with media releases "MVPs conduct vendetta against wannabe who answered too many questions") then MS would have to dissociate. However, as both parties are acting to deaden the matter by refusing to elaborate, I doubt we'll be seeing that.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
