.Net - it gets worse.
in fact, quite a lot worse.

Component programming rocks
COM+ / MTS, DCOM, SOAP
C# - Virtual Object System (VOS)
Java, Cobol, Perl, Python, Eiffel# ...
no IDL.
no need for MS to deploy all of .Net at once

Total Control
Legacy HTML in the browser + components
The X Box replacing Games PC's, Tivos
Windows CE/NT in everything
Exchange, not just a mail server,
Active Directory,
Unified security & authentication