The recriminations are likely to grow as rating agencies, slow to act at first, bow to the inevitable and revise their opinions.

ECONOMIST: The subprime meltdown, continued

Up until the moment politicians bow to the inevitable and devalue their currency they always insist that exactly the opposite is what's in their mind and that there are no problems.

BBC: Thursday 19 September

Microsoft's shot across the bow at VMware is inevitable as companies throughout the industry shift to Web-based services.

FORBES: Microsoft Pushes Virtualization