Lex Luthor really needs to step down. It would be one thing for him to be dismissive in public in order to bolster his company's competing products. But time and time again, the company's actions indicate that he is predisposed to believing that genuine competitors pose little risk ("Challenge Microsoft? Inconceivable!").<p>For the first time in decades, I'm hoping that Microsoft can figure out a sustainable strategy for maintaining relevance. Maybe I just want to pull for the underdog--it just makes it hard when the underdog isn't particularly plucky and carries on with unwarranted swagger.