On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 15:18 +0100, Ingemar Nilsson wrote: > Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Thats not something that looks appetizing to M$ unless they've completely > > lost their corporate mind. > > It may happen though if it would look like a sizeable part of MS were about > to go down the toilet. If they wouldn't have anything to lose, they'd be at > it in a minute. You got that right... look at Novell. Same thing. Look at Ford Motor Co. This is the first time in their history that they had to pledge assets in order to secure their loans. When it gets to the wall, then it's what Prince said time ..."Let's Go Crazy!" Ric