I think so. It is possible that he could sit out for a while watching how Google, Apple, and Mozilla revolutionize the industry, and then capitalize (focus on capital) on it. MS needs a complete overhaul. The Imac commercials are pointing out just how out of touch with mainstream computer buyers the PC is, and Google is pointing out just how out of touch the Hard drive loaded OS's are. Imagine if you will a cool IMAC loaded with all of our favorite programs like Sony VEGA, Photoshop, Blender, Itunes, and Pro Tools; with no OS hogging up hard drive space. Imagine an OS that is housed on the web that is crystal smooth via out cable modem connections leaving all those tasty bytes free for us to do the stuff we bought the computers for in the first place. Imagine your OS being updated automatically without all of the little cartoon bubbles popping up reminding us we need to download and reboot just as we are about to beat the boss on the final level of our favorite strategy game. Face it, MS brought us out of the DOS era, but still lives in the dark ages as it relates to the modern computer users' needs. Gates who has no original ideas is going to sit back, watch the revolution, and then use his capital to capitalize on it leaving his buddy as the scape goat.