>>When that happens, these older more established companies are going to have to >change rapidly, or they'll die. > > >Nope. They'll buy out the small company and keep "business as usual." > >For example, M$. No - they'll steal their intellectual rights and keep "business as usual". A good example is M.. *** unapproved portions of this message have been *** *** removed to comply with regoonal sensibilities. *** RM -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: "[PIC]:","[SX]:","[AVR]:" =uP ONLY! "[EE]:","[OT]:" =Other "[BUY]:","[AD]:" =Ads