>Dragan,
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>>>>Also, I still see Microsoft creating a PassPort PC - one which doesn't contain HDs or floppies, or hardware to connect them. Just a CHIP that is coded to connect to PassPort and download a BIOS and OS. An LCD, mouse, Printer, Keyboard, all through a USP. That kind of hardware will seriously upset hardware vendors and software vendors.
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>>>Really? They've been good at building hardware in a few selected areas like mice, CP/M cards <g>, keyboeards and so forth so I guess I wouldn't be surprised to see them developing a virtual machine... I think you're at least partially correct about upsetting hardware vendors but folks like Intel will most likely like it as it moves the support expenses to Microsoft and away from them..
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>>You mean revenues coming from billable support?
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>Or unbillable. Even if you can bill for support you still generate a lot of overhead. One of the troubles larger companies face is finding enough folks to handle support. If you hire a call center that inflates your cost as well.
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>If Intel can pass any of that off to Microsoft they win IMO.

Somehow I had a feeling that M$ could turn that into a cash cow. Though, I'm not sure it would help - look at http://www.billparish.com/msftfraudfacts.html