Well, which is it, Kwasi? A free market that makes the rules, or an irresistable Microsoft juggernaut (I can take my businesss elsewhere, but... it won't really matter anyway). Personally, I think that there is nothing irresistable about Microsoft being in the cell phone/PDA space. I could count on them only to try to find ways to leverage their desktop monopoly into handsets. Companies like Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Palm, Blackberry, et al know that they live in a heterogeneous, interconnected world. As far as Microsoft is concerned, it is too often a world unto itself (Embrace, Extend, Destroy). More proprietary protocols and file formats. Nothing works quite right unless you're using Microsoft soup to nuts... No thanks, Kwasi. You may love Microsoft now (Lord knows for years I trusted them implicitly and used and advocated their products), but wait till they start pissing you off and limiting your realistic choices. Then you might realize that no matter how much of a raving fan you are, the company is moving aggressively in every space to hem you in and limit your options.