M$ buying Rational/Borland Heck it makes sense that they at least try to take Rational away from IBM. If that doesn't work, then Borland is the next logical step, since they just acquired TogetherSoft. Does MS need an competing alternative enough to justify buying Borland. In my mind the Rational stuff is used in large lucrative accounts, so it would be justified for M$ to actually spend some pocket change on Borland... M$ in my mind wouldn't want to risk loosing accounts/money to IBM... or opening the door to more IBM sales guys in their accounts...