[Rubber Duck]

I think you may be correct t to some degree. I don't think Apple is about to establish a Monopoly position, but I do think they are about to break of their tiny niche, which frankly has been so small it is a wonder they survived at all. Some of remember when they were the dominant player.

I think it is going to be a brave new world out there, with various things happening, but with a software supporting multiple platforms. I think you will have a number of different formats. I think you will have true Macs, Hybrids, PCs with Risc processors, conventional PCs and a variety of operating systems including Vista, but not dominated by Vista. Frankly, we don't need to swap one evil empire for another. I think the Chinese will definitely bring out their own operating system and I think there is going to be a lot of open source out there. I believe a lot of smaller businesses and Government bodies will drift away from Microsoft, who will also lose a substantial tranche of the home market. There is likely to be a lot more open source software.