Perhaps the Chairman doesn't want to forfeit the company to the tyrannical Microsoft we have all come to “love” and “respect.” Some businessmen actually have morals and values… as silly as that sounds. ;] Microsoft has been on the receiving end of countless lawsuits, has rarely had a unique creation of its own device and I'd almost guarantee that M$'s stock would drop somewhat dramatically in the next few years. Just throwing that out there. I could be wrong… could be right, I don't know, nor do I care, really. However, the competition in the OS/application industry is just bearing fruition with more to come.