You are just word smithing. The absorption IS the contract. I dont care where these people work. But when their contract ceases to control their own goals, but now aligns their goals to that defined by their corporate employer, their ability to reach excellence is demoted. It has to be or the new contract carrys no benefit for microsobo. WT is interesting to micrsobo because of their ability to assist the greater project, not so they can achieve excellence in competition with A2a or Just flight.