Esh, I think you provided a very thoughtful analysis. In addition, big corporations find it difficult to change and often are caught up with short term planning and current year bottomlines. They make good money with hardware....so why change. If software solution tug at them.....well just buy them out and so on. This will work for a while but good solutions cannot stay bottled up forever.

Roland has shown some initiative and flexibility with their HQ-SoftSynths and providing Windows XP with a standard wavetable. This is a small step.

We will see what the future brings. I just am happy we have alternatives and can make music with tools of our choosing!!!