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Technology Stocks : Wind River going up, up, up! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ryno who wrote (7082)	1/5/2000 9:07:00 PM
From: Peter Church	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

>>>to make sure their products get noticed>>> I was looking to buy a digital camera with VxWorks inside. It is amazing to me that no one at Circuit City or MacWarehouse can tell me if the camera has VxWorks. It is not on the specs or anywhere. I finally called the WRS and found that the Kodak, Canon and Minolta's do have WRS software. The company's strategy is to become pervasive but not persuasive, i.e. to not become a brand name. The OEM will be the recognized brand. The product is a Kodak, not a Wind River camera. Very different than with MSFT. I guess this puts the OEM in the spotlight and WRS takes the backstage. It's a very modest place to be, but it kinda makes sense.

To: Ryno who wrote (7082)	1/6/2000 7:22:00 AM
From: w2j2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

Ryno, I agree that long term Wind is a great investment. Short term, however, any stock can take a big hit if the momentum investors are disappointed. With the recent purchase of INTS, Wind is in the catbird seat for embedded operating systems. Remember that engineers hate to use any Msft product. Wind can only accelerate profits as fast as the world starts using internet appliances and embedded processors. It will take time....and faith on the part of investors. wj