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Hi there
Quote from an old Catholic Hymnbook
"Empires rise and sink like bellows -- Vanish and are seen no more".
Nobody ever stays on the top for ever -- different products - different times etc.
Remember how "Big Blue" (aka IBM) used to be the world's biggest Hardware manufacturer both for PC's and Mainframes and had fantastic labs world wide.
Now they are just a "Common or Garden" service organisation -- no different from zillions of other "I.T Service companies" out in the big wide world.
Other companies such as "Hoover", "Xerox", "Frigidaire" were so big at one time that the company name became synonomous with the product - especially "Hoover" and "Xerox".
Now even these names are fading into the Industrial twilight whilst other more suitable appliances take their place.
MS will eventually go the same way as not only products but the way we use them evolve. However they've had a GOOD run for their money.
Other companies supplying stuff we can't even dream about will arise and take their place.
This isn't a disaster - just "Natural Evolution -- and there's still plenty of life left in MS for a while yet.
Cheers
jimbo.