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

To: ToySoldier who wrote (40633)	4/3/2000 2:40:00 PM
From: t2	Respond to of 74651

Toy, I tend to think that the non settlement may be a negative for MSFT's competitors. MSFT can drag this out longer and widen leads in many areas and acquire leads in others---I am speaking generally. I have avoided this stock at times but am getting the feeling this is the near term bottom. Last time the judge's harshly worded fact finding was a little unexpected. However, this time most people expect the worse. Therefore i see it as a good "value". BTW--It is nice to be posting to you after a long time. I had not taken a long term position on MSFT (or just out when I felt the stock was going nowhere). I am looking to hold a position going into earnings and to the time MSFT launch's its appeal.

To: ToySoldier who wrote (40633)	4/3/2000 3:08:00 PM
From: david_si	Respond to of 74651

Mr ToySoldier: I said: 1. Microsoft is placing more effort on pleasing the customer 2. My project is "strategic, innovative, and powerful" You are out of line to conclude from my statements that I'm saying there was a "lack of effort" on customer satisfaction in the past. And what evidence in my statements "proves" that Microsoft didn't innovate in the past? It is clearly-known-to-you that you're twisting my words. As for innovation, ever heard of natural language processing, speech recognition, an unmatched GUI programming model, COM, COM+, MTS, multiple processor support, Plug and Play, the NT protected memory model, Win9x backward compatibility with DOS, a C++ compiler that generates faster code than any other, DirectDraw, ASP, Visual Studio, ClearText, Win32 programming APIs, Office integration and programmability, DHTML support, built-in XML support, preemptive process scheduling, unrivaled Win2000 and SQL Server performance in many areas, and others? Regardless of how you feel about how these products measure up, they ARE innovation. I think you just have a bone to pick. When even Posner in his recognized wisdom alludes to the misfortune to the industry of no settlement, and alludes that the problem was partly because of lack of plaintiff unification, your opinion about it being good for the industry appears very humble.