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

To: LWolf who wrote (32383)	11/6/1999 6:48:00 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Thanks for posting these informative comments. In particular, the following quote: "Assume for the moment that Microsoft is found guilty, not only of being monopolist, but also of abusing its monopoly power. That would be applied, not to anything going forward, but rather to the businesses Microsoft has already done, namely PC software. What would be the judgment? What could you possibly do about it?" Allow me to suggest an answer - DAMAGES. Companies doing business with MSFT were hurt. The facts speak for themselves. The companies are entitled to damages. This kind of thing happens all the time, regardless of the industry. You hurt someone, he prevails in court; you pay up. I recommend that every serious investor in MSFT read the entire 206-page factfinding document. Damages alone incurred by the likes of IBM, Apple, AOL (through Netscape), and Sun could easily reach $2 billion, if not more. This will make the tobacco lawsuits pale by comparison.