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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ToySoldier who wrote (28080)	8/11/1999 5:19:00 PM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

these board people want to think that their MSFT stock has been stale for over 6 months because of market conditions and not anything to do with strategic MSFT market and product errors. Just looking at the charts, Toy, and I see that over the last six months NOVL has been tracking MSFT closely, up and down. So following your logic, if MSFT has been stale for reasons to do with strategic MSFT market and product errors, I guess the same can be said for NOVL. What horrible product mistakes account for NOVL's staleness? Now, if we take the opposite premise that MSFT's staleness his directly attributable to market conditions, the that would explain why NOVL and MSFT are tracking each other, as they are both victims of market conditions. BTW, is NOVL fighting a DOJ case? I am sure the fact that MSFT is in the courts has something to do with its price. If NOVL is not in court (as a defendant), what would explain NOVL's lack of appreciation? They must really be screwing up! Dumb questions, I know, Toy, but we are pretty slow down here.

To: ToySoldier who wrote (28080)	8/11/1999 6:47:00 PM
From: John	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

> Dangerous words to say such evil things like Linux and NetWare The reason why Linux and NetWare are gaining market share is because people are sick of MSFT taking forever to release a product. People want an OS capable of supporting TODAY's software, hardware, and technology, and they want it NOW. Who wants to wait for years for an upgrade? In the short term, MSFT will prevail, but as OS's become easier to deploy and the learning curve becomes less steep for the "average" user, allegiance to MSFT will wane. Flame away, but be advised I'm long on MSFT. I'm just telling the truth from my perspective. Ciao, John