What would the benefit to MS be to crush w
WINE. They have made a big effort to rebuild their reputation with developers, and WINE doesn’t really hurt their bottom line. They have no incentive.
The risk of WINE or ReactOS becoming, or contributing to, competitors. Proton is a fork of WINE by Steam that is used to run Windows games on Linux, and it works very well. One day in the future it might make sense to go after Steam, or CodeWeavers.
You’re suggesting that Microsoft may choose not to crush WINE even if they had the right, because some other incentive holds them back. I think GP agrees, and is merely saying that Microsoft’s current philosophical beliefs would not likely be that incentive.