Unfortunately I think this will just fuel the fire. 'It shows that AI has been duped big time and it is the exec members who believe the Microsoft sweet talk'.
However it would be wise to realise that Microsoft deals in a number of fields which recquire different marketing strategies. Buy and kill the competition may work in some fields but not, it seems, in the field of PDAs and portables. It seems that Microsoft has learnt from Palm and others that it must actively encourage aliances among competitors.
IMHO the best thing Fleecy said is that it is difficult and recquires additional work to restrict the AA content. The portability of the AA content will not be appreciated until people see that hardware can swapped while keeping the same software.
