It is impossible to expect that things will improve in a short period of time at Sony, ... The company has only just begun a begun a real structural reform.

The earnings momentum for technology companies will definitely help boost their shares in the short term.

The allegations, whether they are true or not, cast doubt among investors on the quick-growth business model of net-related companies, which will have a big impact on their shares.

The Japanese economy, as the approval of foreign investors has been showing, has undoubtedly improved.

I don't think this is an extreme fall.

Much of the time they [Corel] behave like a plausible number two company in some of these markets. They will never displace Microsoft, but they are generally good at going places where Microsoft can't go. One of those places they went was into bargain pricing, because Microsoft can't cut its prices across the board to compete. They continuously find points of vulnerability at Microsoft. Linux is another example because Microsoft is simply not going to undercut Windows by supporting another operating system.