@pressstart: Of course, if you knew your history, you would realise the notion of "IBM compatible" would never have existed had folks like Compaq not hacked IBM's hardware.

@enjoybobudo: You need to play NOVA HD on the iPad. It's not a patch on mouse and keyboard controls, but it's certainly playable.

@Batman: Get ready to learn some fun stuff...

Whatever they are paying Carmack, they need to double it.

With all due respect, Android was originally an acquisition, so it wasn't Google's brainchild exactly. Not that they haven't nurtured it greatly since they brought it in-house.