4) Alan apparently blames the dealers for a great deal of the current situation, per the numerous references to "not being paid by the dealers".
What amazes me is that some users seems to think this is news.
the days of Eyetech are coming to an end, and the only way that OS4 will survive is to be ported to a supported hardware platform (such as the Mac) the way that Yellow Dog Linux was.
It seems Apple is abandonding PPC so...