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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 485.49+1.8%Nov 26 3:59 PM EST
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To: sandeep who wrote (50356)9/30/2000 5:30:18 PM
From: Charles Tutt  Read Replies (2) of 74651
 
A few points:

Software was "free" for much of the early history of computing. The focus was on getting hardware sold, and providing software was ancillary to that goal.

Hardware is "free" in many instances, as well. E.g. free cell phones with a one year subscription.

Neither necessarily reflects on the cost or intrinsic worth of the components. Both are the result of aggregate business models.

Even Microsoft has used "free" software as a weapon.

JMHO.
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