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Technology Stocks : Microsoft - The Evil empire
MSFT 510.37+1.4%Nov 14 9:30 AM EST
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To: Kal who wrote (1232)6/11/1998 5:42:00 PM
From: Robert Winchell  Read Replies (1) of 1600
 
First off, the Internet is not a threat in any way to Windows. If anything, it has increased sales for Microsoft.

It is a threat because people do _not_ need widnows to function on the web, Ecommerce, where the fat is, doesn't care about windows.

The point is, the Internet is making people buy computers. they want to "get on the Internet", use the web, email, etc. So what do they do? They go buy a new computer to do it. What are they buying? PCs with Windows.

E-commerce doesn't care about Windows. It isn't adverse to Windows either. In fact, a PC with Windows provides an excellent platform for a lot of people to access the Internet, and spend money. And that's all that matters. Unless the Internet makes other OSes more appealing in some way, it doesn't hurt Windows.
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