Microsoft gets AJAX fever

As the VC dollars pour into Web2.0 companies, Web2.0 companies are snapped up for modest (yet huge) sums by big companies, and google continues to amaze people with just what's possible on the web, Microsoft gets AJAX fever in a big way and offers to put WindowsOS and Microsoft Office functionality online. How they will charge for any of this is totally unclear. But welcome to the second great Internet boom--it'll be a great time to be online.