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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?

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Nov 28 9:30 AM EST

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To: djia101362 who wrote (17349)	3/7/1999 4:46:00 PM
From: Rusty Johnson	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Your point is well taken ... the differences are: 1. OS/2 only had the support of IBM. 2. OS/2 wasn't "free". 3. OS/2 wasn't open source. 4. Linux has the support of IBM, SGI, HWP, SUNW, INTC, ORCL, IFMX, CPQ, DELL ... 5. Linux is not $89.99 per copy. 6. Linux is constantly improved by the best OS programmers in the world. 7. It depends on how "superiority" is defined but Linux is more stable than Windows NT or Windows 98. That is a fact. It is impossible to convince a stockholder of the MSFT cult that Linux is superior. Try getting a Jehovah's Witness to convert to Catholicism. It appears that the client server model is winning. Bill's view of bloatware on everyone's desktop appears to be losing ground. That does not mean MSFT can't make money. They have broadband and e-commerce too ... and I look for the stock to rise when the trial is behind them. But two and a half times the growth rate is too pricey for me right now. I'll buy more SUNW, NOVL, AMAT ... the leaders. Best of luck.

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