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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 490.06+0.7%Dec 2 3:59 PM EST

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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (7111)5/15/1998 3:04:00 AM
From: nommedeguerre  Read Replies (1) of 74651
 
Dwight,

>>The Wintel industry is broad, large, and compatible, so I have even have choices when I pick which industry-specific software package to buy. Mac OS? Fine for graphics professionals, word processing, spreadsheets. But that's about it I think. No offense meant. It's just pretty useless for my purposes.

If 95% of the population chooses Windows that's fine; but 95% of the people did not choose Internet Explorer. Why is it the default browser tied to the OS with no other option offered through the OEM's? Clearly new computer purchases leave little choice as to installed software due to the Windows OEM contracts. What's to keep Microsoft from slipping Word97 into the same contract until WordPerfect bites the dust? No one will pay for WordPerfect if Word97 is free and comes with the machine.

Take it easy,

Norm
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