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

To: Zoltan! who wrote (41226)	4/5/2000 11:21:00 AM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Who would have thought that MSFT would be trading at a level unchanged from last year at this time?.......mindboggling======

To: Zoltan! who wrote (41226)	4/5/2000 12:13:00 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 74651

Interesting link, Zoltan...there are two others of interest as well. How we are seen from abroad..... KLP the-times.co.uk OPINION/Article by Simon Jenkins KLP NOTE: VERY interesting that they state "Opinion" on their articles....Many Americans don't know that if someone's name is on it, it is just that, an "opinion"....otherwise, the article, if it is truly news, should be very objective and without bias. This is an interesting ""take" on the MSFT situation....particular the ending sentence. (This is only the first two paragraphs of the article.....) (The BOLD is my doing) Does the BBC need the Microsoft cure? Microsoft, shouted the American newsreader in the style of his trade, "is now the company Americans love to hate". It has been hauled through the courts as a crude monopolist. It is in trouble. Too big and too rich, it has become too dangerous by half. Bill Gates is the first Rockefeller of the Internet age. America has decided to chop him off at the knees. Gurus from Adam Smith to Karl Marx have pointed to the defining characteristic of capitalism as not competition but monopoly. Give a capitalist half a chance and he will fix a price or shut out a rival. The success of "social markets" therefore lies in how well they can limit monopoly and promote competition. Anyone wondering why America remains the greatest self-sustaining wealth-creator on Earth should read yesterday's Microsoft judgment by Judge Thomas Jackson. Be a corporation however so mighty, it is not mightier than the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Big boys watch out.