[PvK]

I mean, Microsoft's annoying Win95-era slogan, "where do you want to go today?", which has ever since suggested itself for ironic parody. It's generally more a case of "what does using Microsoft stuff force you to deal with today?" Hey look, they've innovated some unneeded changes to the BMP format which breaks Space Empires IV. As you say, Win98 is now their main competitor for XP (the emoticon OS), and as with past competitors, pointless changes and incompatibilities lead the way in generating otherwise-absent reasons to pay them anew for their latest Version of their OS. Or, just to resent it, and to renew one's vow to abstain, as it is doing in this case with me.

PvK