Didn't get the "animosity" that others have observed. Among my circle of friends, busting each other's balls is more or less a sign of camaraderie.
On the topic of the exclusives argument, I definitely agree with Cheapy. I suppose for this holiday, the 360 has delivered enough in Gears and Viva to carry the season--primarily because you can actually purchase one of their systems.
However, having only a pair of first-party titles (not a pair of killer apps, even though they are, but a pair total) ready in time for Christmas more or less highlights, to me, one of Microsoft's limitations. They'll definitely need more than that next year, once the Sony in-house games start rolling out.
Microsoft will, of course, have Halo 3--which is enormous. But I think they need to do more than cover the core Xbox constituency with a shooter, and then one other title to cover the "casual" gamers, a la Viva. If they're facing (and this is speculative, of course) SOCOM, Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper, Killzone, etc. they really need to get more genres covered by exclusives.
I really think that MS needs to make another Rare-sized acquisition--I've heard Capcom's name mentioned in that capacity, which would go a long way to firming up their soft first-party stable.