I don't think XP have anything to worry about, In the EU they have been out selling ML since about 2010/11, I am not keen on XP machines personally but they are very clever machines just the same, And my Views are more related to my success with the machines I use,
XP, can and will give any company/brand a run for their money no matter who they are,, The most unlikely place on the planet is Australia and the success that you Guys are having that own XP's is nothing short of incredible, and I think that that is the reason for these latest ramblings, XP are Selling on ML's Turf and they don't like it, Just like when they lobbied to raise the import duty on foreign Detectors, well that has not had the effect that they wanted, Because even their ZED is proof of that because regardless of the price If people want them they will find away to pay for them, So the import Duty is just a minor brain fart, And XP are doing well in OZ.
ML seem to forget that just maybe that their machines won't suit every Aussie because needs change and so do skill levels and so does Technology, This is more of a case of another one of ML's dirty tricks campaigns just like the Import Duty Fiasco, They seem to behave like Children where one Dobbs the other in to Mum just to gain Favour. where the import Duty issue slows down the rate of imports, They wave the possibilities of getting Money for Nothing under the Governments Nose's and get them to do their dirty work for them and of coarse the government is going to jump at Free Money.
Behaving like they do is just another reason to Avoid dealing with them, and I wish XP all the Success In the World.
John.