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

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (40405)	4/2/2000 6:18:00 PM
From: t2	Respond to of 74651

Charles, I think MSFT must have analyzed the whole situation. Should they have given in to the government demands and die a slow death that preserved shareholder value in the short term but put the company at a major disadvantage in the long term. I bet they factored in the private lawsuits in their decision. I don't doubt that they had shareholders as the number one reason for not doing the deal. I was starting to doubt an agreement was possible after hearing of MSFT's proposals. They sounded good but raised questions such as--when new features such as voice recognition technology is added to Windows, will they be forced to charge a separate amount for this OR would they have to decrease the price of the base operating to maintain a constant price. The government might be dictating everything and that could be too costly in a fast moving competitive environment. They could be too much of a disadvantage in the consumer market. BTW--They can offer to split up the company any time they feel appropriate and I bet the government would go for it in a second. That would make the DOJ/AGs heroes. MSFT can offer to do it the way it would preserve shareholder value.