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

To: t2 who wrote (29204)	9/7/1999 11:49:00 AM
From: Teflon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

t2k, to me this represents a potential vertical play for MSFT, though much remains to be seen. I've been waiting for MSFT to jump into this Market for some time... Teflon

To: t2 who wrote (29204)	9/7/1999 2:30:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Another skirmish in the McNealy-Gates feud By Eric Lundquist, PC Week September 7, 1999 10:31 AM PT Scott McNealy hates microsystems. Especially microsystems where all the computing stuff is crammed into a box sitting on your desk or lap. And he especially, especially hates microsystems with all the computing stuff crammed into a box and running an operating system and applications coded by his richer-than-anyone-else-on-the- planet antagonist, Bill Gates. This conflict, where digital barbs instead of bullets are traded, is a variation on the 30-year Hatfield-McCoy feud in the 1800s. www5.zdnet.com Excerpts: ...when Ran'l (McCoy) Gates offered a Web browser for free to undercut the Netscape juggernaut, McNealy was among the most vociferous in contending that offering something for free that others were charging for was at least monopolistic and maybe un-American. And far be it from me to remind anyone of McNealy's jibes against hairball apps that take forever to download. The StarOffice download requires a minimum of 32MB, with 64MB suggested.