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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 485.92+0.4%Dec 19 9:30 AM EST

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To: Ian@SI who wrote (49817)9/25/2000 1:45:46 PM
From: Charles Tutt  Read Replies (1) of 74651
 
"Last summer, Microsoft engineers made a gamble by distributing a test version of a new database to Barnes & Noble.com Inc. the weekend before the latest Potter book came out.

...

Such tactics are crucial for Microsoft ..."

Parsing that, it seems to say that gambling with the customers' systems is a crucial Microsoft tactic. Yikes!

JMHO.
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