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To: Josh Carroll who wrote (12247)	11/18/1998 6:04:00 PM
From: HG	Read Replies (2) of 74651

You have to admire Mr Gates for for giving us a low priced OS. I remember back in 1991 I was looking to standardise on Ultrix on a mid range machine...and the OS cost $75,000 ! And three months later I attended the launch ceremony of NT with my account manager from Digital (who had sold me the Alfa box) and they told me NT licence would cost me $400. It was a paradigm shift ! Coming back to the topic, I believe Gates will be able to buy his way out...and I say this with utmost respect. I mean, he must have that something (apart from money) which exudes power. Why else would he get away with it every time ? I'm convinced that 99 will not be a good year for MSFT investors...especially since the economy and market looks hot for other investments. Eventually, investors will get tired of waiting around and park their monies elsewhere. In the long term, however, the turbulance will not make much difference. MSFT has a knack of copying the industry leaders - and coming out ahead of them. It would have to be careful in the wake of exiting lawsuits...but the excellence within the company will remain. MSFT is like a fungus. It grows pretty fast and "conquers" everything (almost everything) that it can lay its eyes on.What scares me though is that if Justice department decides to break up MSFT into babysofts (ala baby bells), we may have MSFT mutations, each with the ability to multiply and spread as quickly. And we think we have a problem now....?

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