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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?

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Nov 24 3:59 PM EST

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To: PMS Witch who wrote (47234)	6/24/2000 11:50:00 AM
From: SC	Read Replies (2) of 74651

I think JC's problem is that he bought a computer that came with WIN95 and the computer maker won't refund him any money for his unused copy of WIN95. That's life. Both of my cars have cigarette lighters that I have never used and neither car manufacturer will refund me any money for these. The lighter manufacturer would tell me to take it up with the car manufacturer as they didn't sell it directly to me. The car manufacturers will tell me that this is standard equipment and I can't buy a car without one if I don't want it just throw it away. This is essentially microsofts position--the computer manufacturer negotiated a volume discount for WIN95 and chose to include WIN95 as standard equipment in all of their machines. Microsoft did not sell WIN95 to JC directly, but to the computer manufacturer. If he wanted a machine from this manufacturer he had to take WIN95 whether he ever used it or not. Exactly analogous to the cigarette lighters that are never used in my cars. Not in any way analogous to a tax, which can only be imposed by a governmental authority. The other flaw in his argument is that he was not represented. He was represented by the computer manufacturer just as he is represented by his congressman. I am sure that even JC can think of some things his congressman has voted for, ostensibly representing him, that JC would have voted against. Even though JC might have voted against his congressman, it doesn't matter, the duly elected congressman is his representative, even if he votes against JC's wishes 100% of the time. In the computer purchase situation, JC actually has more options. If none of the various major manufacturers will sell him a computer without WINxx, he can go to a screwdriver shop or put one together himself. Steve

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