They could do what they always do. Buy Macromedia then magically release a product called Flash.NET, part of which is integrated to the OS and the OS can't function without it, but you can buy a version that's upgraded and integrates nicely with a WinServer or Office. However, none of it will be open source and you'll only be able to view it on IE or other MS products.

wah...

You'd think with all those resources, they'd come up with a name better than "Sparkle." The next Windows past Longhorn will be codenamed "Bubbles"

All your comments are stupid. ChrisNYC, if you were a corporation that size, you would promote your products as well... The only reason corporations add support for their compatitor's products is because they don't dominate enough of the market... You think Adobe, Jasc, and Macromedia WANT to allow you to export projects to each other's apps? No, they HAVE to... Because everyone uses a few of each one's authoring tools. But Microsoft has enough power to dominate the market, therefore they have no benifit in sharing. Apple is the exact same way. They only one that supports sharing is Linux, which has been around for ever, and is of little use, because no one wants to develop for open source (aka no money system). KDE and Gnome are stupid BTW, it's like having a slower Windows 3.1. mrbiotech, personally, I think if I had "all those resources", I would also, like Microsoft, invest them in developing the actual product, rather than make up catchy names for it's technologies. And in general, as far as Windows not working well... When was the last time you actually called MS? Because what many people don't know, is that if yoju have a bug and call, they DO give you the fix for it. And when was the last time you tried developing an OS that is compatible with every possible combination of hardware and software in the world? I think MS is doing a pretty good job. You can't blame them for viruses and engineered security holes which 100,000 crackers dedicate their lives to creating. That is all.