Doma. No, you are RIGHT! INTEL doesn't do anything without conferring w/ Mr. Softee....PERIOD. Intel has decided to go with Wave Systems...for whatever reason. Who knows? And that is probably why Mike Dell has gone ahead with Wave Systems. Dell doesn't do anyting in a slapstick way. So.....IMHO, Wave Systems is gonna be in MSFT's plans. How? Who knows? What? Who knows? When? Who knows?...... but Wave Systems is in MSFT's future plans. IMHO...