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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 510.37+1.4%Nov 14 3:59 PM EST
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To: Stormweaver who wrote (27902)8/5/1999 12:56:00 PM
From: gao seng  Read Replies (1) of 74651
 
msn is not really an isp, they outsource the majority of that to uunet. isp market is doomed anyway, and uunet or aol can't get broadband access. just natural market forces in action - see the end of the market, so consolidation is required to continue profits. free internet access would mean microsoft pays uunet 6 dollars (this is old number i am not sure of current) per customer a month. but the key thing is that msn is a collection of the best ecommerce web sites on the internet. realestate, autos, you name it. and more msn customers is more web hits. and webhits is how you value yahoo, etc. possibly this action against aol indicates spin off. but i don't think it is threat against yahoo because msn pages are very complicated in their programming, often require internet explorer to work, and the dependence on active x controls is a weakness because of the delay needed to view the pages the first time you go there. and if your initial experience is bad, you don't come back. yahoo's elegance is it's simplicity. but i find their reliance on inktomi a weakness, lycos aol and others often produce better results. that said, this link is still the best msie.yahoo.com for searching, IMO
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