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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?

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Jan 23 9:30 AM EST

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To: ToySoldier who wrote (31851)	11/5/1999 7:50:00 PM
From: Sir Francis Drake	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Can't say this wasn't to be expected. Even more - the facts are on TPJ's side, in that MSFT has a monopoly, and further, that they have used it to abusively (and I bet illegaly) constrain competition. That being said, there is one huge issue that I'm not sure TPJ appreciates: MSFT's monopoly is NOT sustainable. It is very fragile. It may LOOK like it would take years to shake it loose, but I'm convinced that's just an illusion. The software/hardware industry is changing so rapidly, that only a fool, or a person not familiar with the technology would make claims of the monopoly being sustainable for any lenght of time. The question is: if we assume that MSFT has been guilty as charged (which I do believe), what is the remedy for past wrongdoing? I fear that any harsh remedy based on a faulty assumption of the sustainability of the monopoly will do serious injury to the company. I wish I could be more optimistic (I am a shareholder of long standing), but I fear the blunt and clumsy instruments that the goverment will now wield. This ruling was to be expected - and certainly nothing to cheer about, for the MSFT longs. A sad day. Morgan

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