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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 486.83-0.2%Dec 1 3:59 PM EST
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To: Sonki who wrote (7353)5/17/1998 1:09:00 PM
From: Scotsman  Read Replies (2) of 74651
 
I agree with that.

But you know, MSFT has moved far beyond PC's now. That is another cause of worry for the regulators and actually many people I know. MSFT is now into TV via MSNBC and its assorted radio attachements. It is also now going to be the cable TV operating system through TCI's selection of Windows CE for the next generation of cable boxes ( although Sun is in there also.) And they are planning to launch a bunch of satalites to create their own Internet.

So from an investment perspective it looks good, even if they got broken up. From a free market perspective the large continue to dominate and get larger. From a regulators perspective, do you really want all that power in the hands of one man?

I guess I can see the regulators concern. Lets say Bill takes his company and just basically buys up the networks. He would effectively already control the cable through his set tops, but he could also buy up control of TCI. Now you have basically all data transfer into homes controlled by one man. Many people would be very worried about that.

Not me personally, I think this is the reason TCI has Sun's JAVA in there, to sort of keep MSFT in check. MSFT was very much against this move by TCI, which shows they wanted it all, as they should.
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