uhm, doesn't M$ still own a piece of Apple? Might there be an agreement in place as a function of M$'s large investment to bail Apple out several years back that prevents Apple from being in DIRECT competition with M$? Jay > > Get Leopard out the door two months before Microsoft releases Vista and > drop > the bomb that Leopard is available for $129 for any PC. Then get it out > there on the shelves of every store where Windows XP now resides. I > wonder > if Microsoft could ever recover from such a move? > > > I wonder if Apple could ever recover from such a move? > > matt.