Then the mid/late 90's, after C= tanked... Competing "standards" (each with their own bug-ridden patina), vaporware, over-priced, unfinished, flaky products like the Delfina and CS-PPC, pre-order scams... You had to be a real gambler back then to "keep it real". :-/
And putting up with the total stupidity that occurred '95-99. P5 vs Hyperion, Clickboom, Visicorp, AT. Egos, egos and more egos. The only good things to come out of that period were AROS and UAE.