It will be ubiquitous and a monster opportunity.

The bottom line is that we want images on PCs to become as easy to use and as ubiquitous as text is today. If digital imaging is easy, affordable and fun for consumers, we believe it will spur PC demand and contribute to the ultimate goal of creating new users and new uses for the PC platform.

It's hard to imagine how this is a security threat, ... They clearly don't want the competition.

It's a very good question. The whole process has definitely gotten more political over the years. The technology used in this standard is the future of wireless (local area networks). It's very important for companies involved to get their market positioning up-front and establish themselves as players as soon as possible.

There is a lot of debate right now about who will have the right approach,

to serve a fairly wide geographic area.