First off, some minor editor corrections:
You have stabing instead of stabbing in about the middle of your analysis.
In the last paragraph, shouldn't that be a comma instead of a question mark?
How then, you really do have to laugh at MS's partners. What did they think MS would do? MS has been building up and buying into the game industry like crazy. Did they think MS wouldn't emulate what they did when MS entered the application market with Office? I don't really remember the onset of Office very well, so how similar is this? That would be an interesting comparison.
Btw. Andrew, I'm starting to use your site as the ultimate place to find good explainations as
to why M$ can't be trusted. I wish I could articulate my reasons that well.
Dave "LordBeatnik"