Technology: Windows on Palm Treo

Rumors are flying about Windows being seen on the Palm Treo. I wouldn't put it past Microsoft to have such a project, or to leak its existence. I can also see the Apple iPod, as wildly popular as it is, starting to slow in sales as its competition begins to gain speed and catch up. (This may have been the clinching rationale behind Apple deciding to migrate from IBM to Intel for its chip and software architecture.)

The Windows hegemony has been undeniable for 10-20 years (depending on how you're counting) and, as Apple would have learned from the Newton if Palm and Microsoft hadn't outmaneuvered them, there doesn't seem to be much room for more than one dominant operating system platform -- and that, my friends, is Windows. There will always be developers and users who favor alternative technologies and interfaces -- but Windows is the mainstream. All bow to Bill.