Of course, with multiple controllers interacting, no one can tell the difference.  Also, I think I could fool anyone into thinking a crescendo was totally smooth, and not a mere 128 steps. 

But that stuff has never really been a problem with MIDI. What the real problem has been, is instruments that MIDI plays.  Such as legato - to seque back into the topic.  Which will I am certain will now be abandoned. 

However, I think the guy who invented legato was rubbed out at some point.  Perhaps in Vienna.  Or maybe it was Peyoche, Nevada.  In the middle of the night he sat up thinking "The transition shall be dissected and attached to the target note!"   And then, next day, he was never heard from again.  After he sent a certain email...