[Richard Kimball]

Sorry, Echo, but I have to disagree on that one. If Apple wasn't on the radar screen, the Zune wouldn't exist, MS wouldn't have opened their own music store, the Aero desktop wouldn't exist and MS wouldn't have incorporated "Gadgets" on the Vista desktop.

If you haven't read "Business at the Speed of Thought", it's a good read. Gates talks about the future of business, and also about his business philosophy. MS has always operated in a state of controlled paranoia.

[Echo Talon]

yea its "pretty" but a real threat? hell no...