>$mart! This is why M$ bet the company on the internet and .NET.

I remember one article by Andy Kramek where he pointed that NET might be that very straw that broke Camel's back.
http://weblogs.foxite.com/andykramek/2005/07/06/whither-net/

Who knows, Kramek might end up being right at the end;
By now that straw became 1600 pounds gorilla, whereas their monopoly position / tech leadership / market shares all got on very shaky legs. But no worry, at least direction is good. There is big green Oasis emerging on the Internet horizon; - Right behind the Cloud... ;)