The biggest thing Sony would lack, believe it or not, is the software. Both HW and SW are valuable intellectual property, don't get me wrong, but the hardware can be implemented in many ways to achieve the result we have sitting in front of us. The software needs a lot of work and rework and more rework to get to where it is now - and a lot more work for the future. Well coded and documented SW is extremely valuable, as well as the engineers who develop and maintain it.

For instance, it's easy for us (I work for ATI) to make any of our hardware Mac compatible. The biggest challenge is in creating new software. It takes a lot of development effort for our team. Nearly everything is new.

Bruno