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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?

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Nov 26 3:59 PM EST

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To: mozek who wrote (9976)	8/6/1998 3:22:00 AM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Mozek, please reread what I wrote. I wasn't bashing Microsoft at all. I didn't write that Windows 95 was less secure than Unix or OS/2 or VMS. I simply wrote that this program presents a security problem because it makes it easier for non-specialists to take over systems. That there are more considerations to security than technical ones. That's it. Linux also has big security problems. If Linux becomes real popular someone will write a Back Orifice for Linux. My "bashing" of Microsoft is fourfold: 1) I predict that NT 5 is going to be way late. 2) I think that they do step on other companies and that it is wrong and I think they need to be taken down a peg. 3) I think they released Windows 98 way too early. (what would happen if 9 out of 10 TV's sold were "ok"?) 4) I think the stock is overvalued (but I think that for most stocks in this market) And that's it. I like Word, I like Excel, I like Windows 95, I like Windows NT 4, I like dial-up-networking, I like IE 4.0. But what I don't like happens to be stuff that's forward looking and is relevant to discussions here, which is why I come off like a MS Basher.

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