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

To: Jim Lamb who wrote (34236)	11/18/1999 1:09:00 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

Microsoft also faces a whole litany of lawsuits should it go the appeals route. Once the judge rules on the case, the findings of fact become admissible in civil antitrust trials, said legal experts. Whether Microsoft is ready to talk settlement or not may have more to do with personality than good business judgment, said Lande. Asked Lande: "Will Bill Gates' ego triumph or will he say, 'OK, we lost this one, I'll lick my wounds, settle this thing on OK terms, and get on with the business of making computer software.' Or will his ego get in the way?" During the Salem Witch Hunts, Witches were always given the choice to admit to being a Witch and therefore avoid burining at the stake. Maybe the internet doesn't change everything afterall. But let's wait till we find out what Scott McNeely and Cheryl want MSFT to do, first.. :) Duke

To: Jim Lamb who wrote (34236)	11/18/1999 2:05:00 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

While there is near consensus in the government camp on breaking up Microsoft, some states believe that only by giving away the Windows source code can competition be truly restored Gee, I wonder if California (SUNW, AAPL, ORCL, etc.) is one of the states who would like to dismantle MSFT and steal their source code and hand it over to their competitors. Maybe Utah (NOVL) and New York (IBM) as well. And the state AG's can line up with the class action lawyers to suck the life blood out of the company (treble damages through RICO, yum yum!). Oh, yes, the rule of law is sacrosanct, regardless of the screaming injustice and travesty of fairness demonstrated by the application of "law" in a case such as this. Anyone who thinks this case is about "consumer protection" and not a raw, cynical, political power play is hopelessly naive. I'm not selling or buying any MSFT stock until I see the direction this farce plays out. I have sold some covered calls and bought some puts to maintain a holding pattern.