For the record, while in the midst of discovering a possible breach of contract with a company the size of Microsoft, it would be very good form, from a legal perspective, not to risk further jeopardy by openly saying that you've breached your contract. While lawyers are often distasteful to HN readers, they do have immense value in these situations, and they are completely correct to say "do not admit error at this time, not until we've formally analyzed it, post-mortemed it, and resolved our contractual obligations to Microsoft". Yes, y'all may want them to self-flagellate, but I'd rather see them honor their contracts and respect their lawyers first. They already admitted that they behaved inappropriately. The rest is just icing on the cake.