I really doubt that Steve made ipad as response to Microsoft >"Fuck this, let’s show him what a tablet can really be." here why http://allthingsd.com/video/?video_id=70F7CC1D-FFBF-4BE0-BFF... go to 0:37:12 min in this video Steve Jobs tell a secret how he got to build a tablet by one day he had idea to make screen without keyboard multi-touch.