Had Stross written his book next year, he would have had a whole new story  how Microsoft was or was not able to translate its dominance in personal computers to the Internet.
Stross would have had a better book if he had waited a year to write it.
mnli hypothesis: Stross would have had a better book if he had waited a year to write it. premise: Had Stross written his book next year, he would have had a whole new story  how Microsoft was or was not able to translate its dominance in personal computers to the Internet.