Microsoft is declining, they made the same mistakes Hitler and Napolean did. Microsoft originally started out purely as an OS company, then they went into office tools with Microsoft Office, then PDAs with Microsoft Mobile, then news with MSNBC, then search with the MSN search that will supposedly beat Google. They are fighting on too many fronts, just as Napolean did. Their biggest loss has been against Google, they simply cannot defeat an enemy that large. They've resorted to suing Google (
Microsoft sues Google and
Google countersues). Hitler, as well as Napolean tried to take on the superpower USSR. They both failed miserably, as will Microsoft.
My history knowledge isn't nearly as good as my computer knowledge, so correct me if something is wrong.