I’m aware of what creative capitalism is…I’m saying if msft charged less there would be more money for consumers to spend on other products, and he wouldn’t feel obligated to be so charitable. /Tongue in cheek ;P

Anyway, I do correct myself. Russia is not doomed, but the nature of her state is IF it takes an aggressive posture AND does not have an open press / open elections. The reasons for this are beyond the scope of this discussion, but basically–if in 20 years you and i have an ipod embedded in our fingernail and russia has a pile of nukes, who ‘won’?

All this text could be moot if Russia withdraws like it should.