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Given the parade of defeatism, and mutual antagonism over the past twenty four hours. The unabated feeding frenzy sometimes bordering on the down right mean spirited. I think it is apparent that a number is actually required to satisfy and finalize the debate.

I mean why scream there is hope if your not going to say where it exactly ends. Why scream doomed if your not confident enough to give a little more margin to make your point. Just toss in your lot, and leave it there for all to see. That way when someone says when will you concede you can say at this margin, and if your looking for a concession you can say this is a future number I relented to. At least we can move beyond the blood lust. We can wait till the number is reached, or is not reached. Wouldn't it be better to just have one finish line rather then a brawl that takes weeks or months to finally resolve. Just concede to a point, and lets get back to more pleasant discussion.

My margin would be 9 million. Either Microsoft does the inconceivable this holiday season which means it is undeniable, or it takes it until early spring in which case it shows that Microsoft shows that the lead is entirely stable. Either way I do not think anyone could deny this. I would shun anything higher, because that starts to drag into summer or actually next fall if the trends persist.