We are not seeing anything fundamentally that's slowing the market down. We just think with the normal seasonality changes and the size of our company, this is a good forecast for the market.

We intend to grow and we intend to take share. We're not seeing any slowdown or any abnormal situation.

I think you're seeing an enthusiastic response by the bond market because there appears to be a slight deceleration in economic activity. In order to continue to improve we'll need to see further signs of that slowdown.

Well, you would have to say what is the criteria to determine the success of any merger? It would have to be that the companies are stronger financially, that they took market share, and they are on a very steady footing in terms of their performance.

Overall things are slowing down, but they are slowing from what was basically a very strong, if not frenzied, market.

It might take some here and there, but Apple's market share in the global computer business has really shrunk pretty far, and where they've been making success recently is not in the computer business but in the iPod music business.