On the ad front—I think that's why they're pushing so heavily into SAS with Docs, domain hosting, etc. They have the server capacity and the backups to pretty much guarantee 100% uptime. If I were setting up a small business now, I'd consider hosted Docs and Gmail, both of which you can pay for a version that's got your branding on. Theyr'e not there yet for a company the size of yours to consider, but in a few years? Maybe.

And I'm really hopefull that things like the EEE will help Linux take off (finally), and a fair few Vendors are seeing where the market is moving, especially with the Vista mess.

MS'll still be about, but dominant market leader? Possibly.