You opined:...

"If (and this is a decidedly HUGE "if")
this were all lining up behind the scenes- we would
really have something here!"

From your mouth to God's ear!...

Sure makes a lot of sense. I certainly can see SONY going for such a "marriage".

The evolution of computers is fast approaching the point of no return on reaching the artifical intelligence creation. And that market will be decidely more secure, and subject of governmental control.   

Gil...