Based on this article it looks like it's possible for MS to truly embrace Rust.

This would be an opportunity for them at the same time to extend the language by offering for example a dialect which is less focused on functional programming idioms and the stranger notations, like lifetimes.

There are many people complaining about the above, and they would probably vote for the MS dialect, which could result in extinguishing current Rust and de facto replacing it with a more beginner-friendly version.