I think it's a good and noble cause you're proposing. I also think you'd be better off trying not to get your shoes wet while pissing upwind in a hurricane. The likelyhood of getting MS and NS together and getting them to agree on something besides their desire to disagree has got to be somewhere approaching negative numbers. Of course, NS could make it easy on everyone and let MS swallow them whole, like they've done so many other companies and save us all some worry and trouble.
Competition is good for the soul.
You're a revisionist idiot. Find out how.