Web_speed - 6:01 am on Jul 7, 2006 (gmt 0)

Or maybe he was the reason that it didn't happened sooner? I think Bill was keeping MS in check, however after him, MS will get more aggressive...

Yes that's what i think too. The sound of reason has left the company....now what? the entire world (and i mean the entire world) is at the mercy of a bunch of over aggressive greedy, trigger happy MS development team...

Very sad really :(...very bad news for the entire IT industry WW.

With each step they take in this direction, they shoot themselves in the foot a little more. For another group of people, each of these steps is "the straw the breaks the camal's back"; and more and more will seek alternatives.

what alternatives...you mean stone age elaborate versions of dos like OP systems...:(

There is no IT industry and internet (as we know them today) without Microsft and the Windows Op system. No serious alternatives out there, IMO.