michael said:
>   I'll take that bet. . .another free lunch of cooked fowl.

pardon me?  are you implying that you have
won a bet against me in the past?  _when?_


>   I'll be that the iPad never even gets HALF
>   the market for eReaders over the long haul.

you can't be serious.

the ipad is already up to 500,000 sold.

besides, by "multipurpose machine", i certainly
include the iphone and the ipodtouch in there,
and -- as i said -- apple has sold 80 million...

they sold 8.75 million iphones in the first quarter,
an _increase_ over the previous (_holiday_) quarter,
which is an absolutely astonishing accomplishment.

we're seeing a juggernaut, and it's gathering steam,
all because they gave people multipurpose machines
that can be carried around with the greatest of ease...

there are some of us who _knew_ this'd be killer.
(and, gee, michael, i thought you were one of us.)

-bowerbird