Friday's "finding of fact" ruling by Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson in the Microsoft antitrust trial certainly made for some fascinating reading. The judge essentially took a two-by-four to the company's practices, saying that it enjoys a monopoly (go figure) and that it uses that position to advance its own interests and suppress competitors (anybody bought a home computer with Netscape preinstalled lately?).

What this 207-page document doesn't address is Microsoft's extraordinarily broad range of ventures outside the software business. It's one thing that the company so thoroughly dominates the market for operating systems and other programs. It's another to consider how many other markets Microsoft competes in--especially given this company's history of not resting until it's the dominant player in any given industry sector.

Put another way, it's hard to find a market this company doesn't consider itself competent in. A look at the company's ventures into the world of Web content illustrates this. Today, Microsoft's MSN site {lt}http://www.msn.com{gt} offers access to: