-- Wintel heads into the enterprise, as Novell is crushed and NT is established.

-- Tyrannosaurus Gates destroys Netscape and dominates the browser business.

-- With visions of grandeur, Microsoft invests in MSNBC, Teledesic, Cox, Slate and so on.

-- The inevitable and debilitating antitrust suits in both the U.S. and Europe begin.

-- Microsoft faces increasing bureaucratization and the loss of new markets to Google, eBay, Yahoo, etc.