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

To: johnd who wrote (38108)	2/18/2000 6:47:00 PM
From: johnd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

The worldwide roll-out of Windows 2000 prompted two Wall Street investment firms to issue bullish outlooks on Microsoft, with Lehman Bros. reiterating its ``buy' rating and Credit Suisee First Boston repeated its ``strong buy' tag. Despite the thumbs-up from analysts, shares in Microsoft fell sharply on Friday amid a broad sell-off in technology shares. It ended at 95-1/16, down 4-9/16, or nearly 5 percent. So who was selling and who was buying?

To: johnd who wrote (38108)	2/18/2000 8:51:00 PM
From: JP Sullivan	Respond to of 74651

Why there is so much retail interest on Windows2000 is puzzling. It could be that because it is called Windows 2000, many people (i.e. your average Joe) think that it is a replacement for Windows 98. We wouldn't want to disappoint them, but I guess most of us here know that Windows 2000 is really an upgrade for NT 4. If my hypothesis is true, I wonder if there might not be some kind of backlash when people discover the "truth" and start returning their purchases. Then again, they may just shrug it off and keep Win2000 anyway :)