re: It has survived so many things! Who knows?
Surely that is a reason to expect that it wont last so very long - the long freeze it went thru, and the recent HGA troubles mean that its lifespan is going to be shorter surely?
It's like saying - "Dont worry, he can afford dinner, he just bought a new car" - but chances are that BECAUSE he just bought a new car, he cant afford dinner :D
SOHO has been thru hell, and 2008 would be an amazing achievment - simply astonishing, but I would be totally unsuprised to see it fail on any day between then and now