Over on the InfoWorld website (Galen Gruman), they have put together a bunch of predictions, on how Microsoft will fair over the next decade. Made for some fun, interesting, but sometimes gloomy reading, check it out

Five futures, from terrible to great
Given the state of Microsoft and the clear trends emerging, InfoWorld has envisioned five futures for Microsoft, from worst to best, from the vantage point of 2018. See which you agree with:

The "Borvell" scenario
The "slow decline" scenario
The "streaming" scenario
The "Oort services" scenario
The "Gates was right" scenario

"Gates was right" scenario, had me in stitches ... gates occassionally finishing with ". Idiots", classic!

Read the complete post at http://wmug.co.uk/blogs/r0b/archive/2008/12/29/infoworld-what-future-is-in-store-for-microsoft.aspx