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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 480.69+0.5%12:27 PM EST
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To: TTOSBT who wrote (43941)4/30/2000 12:36:00 PM
From: ProDeath  Read Replies (2) of 74651
 
The "why" of Microsoft's success was stated long ago by H.L. Mencken -

"No one in this world, so far as I know- and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me- has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people."

The clearest evidence of Microsoft's contempt for their customer base was the "Bob" product. They got caught on that one, but the fact that MS has attempted to co-opt the term "innovation" underlines their arrogance and belief that they can manipulate the sentiments of the chronically clueless.

Windows is crap and its total cost of ownership is an affront to the stockholders of every public company that has chosen to support in their internal operations.

The increasing popularity of server-centric "thin" client solutions is due largely to the considerable limitations of Microsoft's products. This trend is allowing the corporate IT idiots who jumped on the Windows wagon several years ago a chance to quietly correct their mistake without ever acknowledging it, and paves the way for computing environments where Windows is optional.

Whether or not DOJ actions have a long-term effect on MS, the marketplace is moving on. Anyone remember when WordStar was the #1 PC word processor? That is history. Change is good.
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