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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?

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To: M31 who wrote (8155)	5/29/1998 11:34:00 PM
From: mozek	Read Replies (1) of 74651

M31, View like yours never cease to amaze me. Since your so concerned about the "responsibility" that Microsoft should exercise since its in a dominant position, I assume you feel that Netscape thoroughly abused its dominance when it had 85-90% browser share, was thumbing its nose at the W3C standards committee, added new features to internet protocols and HTML numerous times monthly in an attempt to lock out others from participating in the HTTP server/browser market. You remember. Don't you? This was when Goldman Sachs said Microsoft's major growth was over and that they had no Internet strategy. Stock dropped like a rock from 118 to the 80s (20s now after 2 splits). Funny thing was, nobody sued Netscape or accused them of abusing a monopoly, not even Microsoft. At Microsoft, we just worked like crazy, sometimes days in a row without sleep, for a year and built a browser that won all major reviews against Navigator. We weren't sitting around thinking "how can we trick the public into using our product?" We were doing everything we could think of to build the best internet platform in the world, no matter how anyone might try to portray or rewrite the events of that time. Perhaps you feel that any company should have the freedom to innovate and compete as long as it isn't Microsoft? Message 3640967 Thanks, Mike

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