Er, hmmmm, well it could be that they are resorting to a plausible dormant strategy, leaving Apple to deal with the brunt of the current economy, then for it to re-emerge in full technicolor [sort of speak] in picking up apple pieces. Hey it happened to the Amiga! It made a comeback as Linux!

One can wonder if many are resorting to litigation to acclaim payouts to counterbalance losses? That should give indication of a fragile bottom line.

Each company has it's season.

others will see an opportunity to
press forward with the case for
Apple OS X licensing to third
parties

It would be a very foolish soul that grasped that particular poisoned chalice IMO. Remember the last time Apple licenced out the Mac IPR?

They waited until the companies had made their hardware, and even started selling it, and then pulled the rug out from underneath them.

If anything I think Apple are more anti-competitive than Microsoft!

Really weird : one would expect for Psystar to do very well in this economic situation : one would expect customers to flock to Psystar in droves ! Maybe Psystart had this planned all along : sell Apple clones as long as you can and then file Chapter 11 when you're about to get in legal trouble. And walk away with pockets full of money.