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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (26985)	3/25/1998 11:22:00 PM
From: Kerry Phineas	Read Replies (1) of 132070

MB, otoh if MSFT didn't have the ridiculous options scams they currently have, they really wouldn't have earnings that are all that impressive. (I think.) There are definite economies of scale in software, and huge companies can have advantages of course. Everyone goes on and on about MSFT, but although their market cap is the second largest in the US their sales are not that impressive compared to a lot of companies. Lets face it: they have the OS, they have the office suite, they have a lot of other software that is good and the distribution channel to push it out, but they have a lot of iffy products and services to go with those advantages. Eventually someone will come out with a product that circumvents the advantages they currently have, or the current Wintel strata will fail, or something, and it'll be a nonissue imo; MSFT can't keep adding a layer of complexity to each previous layer of complexity and have a competitive product that runs efficiently.

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