Sony is a very big threat to microsoft now for more than one reason. Look at one of the latest issues of Linux magazine…ps3 is on the front…why? you already guessed it…it supports linux. Now microsoft continued it’s support of microsuck winblows 98(i only renamed it because 98 was horrible) up until earlier this year because linux was suck a big threat to microsoft so with ps3 supporting that it makes them a MUCH bigger threat. Bluray isn’t proprietary…yes sony memstick is but bluray isn’t so that same proprietary mistake isn’t being made this time around. BluRay is replacing DVD’s weather people like it or not and it’s going to happen a lot faster than the CD-R<DVD-+R conversion did. There simply is no media out that will continue to support the large space requierments for todays video games but bluray…even the HDDVD are running low on space with todays games. A lot of people are anti-sony because of the things they have heard. Sure sony WAS proprietary but the PS3 will support pretty much…everything…down to those crappy sd cards.