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

To: werefrog who wrote (35339)	12/12/1999 12:03:00 PM
From: taxman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

this is old news but thought the commentary would be of interest. (BUSINESS WIRE) - Ericsson and Microsoft to Form Joint Company Microsoft Corp. (MSFT, $92, down 1 ) and Ericsson (ERICY, $64, up 5) today announced a strategic partnership to develop and market end-to-end solutions for the wireless Internet, based on a shared vision of convenient and fast access to information anytime, anywhere, from any device. Ericsson and Microsoft will form a joint company to market and deliver mobile e-mail solutions for network operators. Ericsson will own the majority share of the new company. COMMENT: This is a good move for Microsoft. We still prefer Nokia over Ericsson, and we see no reason to budge on that. Still, the joint company being formed will be a powerful force in wireless solutions and innovations. Microsoft is a juggernaut that some investors may not be riding, but none should be foolish enough to be caught standing in front of. Copyright The Bull Market Report regards

To: werefrog who wrote (35339)	12/12/1999 1:43:00 PM
From: Brian Malloy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

What rut? I've been holding MSFT longer than July 19th 1991. Perhaps you are just short sighted <ggg>. Pun intended ;-)

To: werefrog who wrote (35339)	12/12/1999 1:53:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Hardy: My tracks in the MSFT road predate Malloy's by 2 years. You are right about AOL. After making a ton on it in the last year I sold it and bought back in at 90 but alas had to abandon it at 86 in a big downdraft when I got close to my margin limits on one of those dreadfully dark days this fall. It has now doubled since that fateful day. Missed profits=180,000. But you can't kiss them all. MSFT is the bank that I borrow from and with a cost basis of 4-7 I can afford to wait until I see it afflicted with some terminal disease. I don't believe Linux,thin client or DOJ is anything but a ripple under the bow of this juggernaut.JFD