The nature of the relationship of the state to free enterprise hasn't changed simply because our economy has become high-tech, nor because politicians feel a need to react to a downturn.
"This was one of our little secrets that we didn't want to disclose, " says Robert Knighten, peer-to-peer evangelist with Intel's Enterprise Architecture Lab, which develops software for big systems.
We also used the device in portrait mode and found it still makes a fantastic word-processing machine, and it shouldn't be a surprise that Microsoft had one eye on the enterprise market.
Mr Diamandis is reluctant to discuss the potential for his new enterprise to attract those who find the mile-high club too tame and don't worry that all those sudden dives might bring on a nasty headache.