I think that they are scared that the DOJ will split them up and they are not sure what to do next if that happens.

Of course that just means that they are not making their plans public yet, but I'd bet they have at least a "Plan B" cooked up.

I think all the XP HooHaa has people spooked. Windows XP and Office XP control the licensing scemes. By the way, how has Office XP sales done since it came out? The same as the 2000, 97, 95, 4.2/4.3 sales of Office?