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

To: rudedog who wrote (33331)	11/9/1999 2:04:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Respond to of 74651

Rudedog, If the source code for DOS/Windows & NT desktops were open, standardized, and free there would, by definition be no incentive to maintain it and improve it any more than there is for FreeBSD, for example. It would be worthwhile for the computer industry as a whole to fund such an effort. I don't think it would be cost- prohibitive, but that's just one idea. The industry itself would benefit from having a standard O/S with known interfaces and, IMO, would benefit from the appls sold to run with it. Like I said, I believe it would energize the PC business and allow MSFT to get on with things without this hanging over their heads like the sword of Damocles. For some reason, I can't see something like money standing in the way.... cheers, cherylw