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

To: ThomasG who wrote (41325)	4/5/2000 9:46:00 PM
From: Harvey Allen	Respond to of 74651

Thomas- I added DELL to the comparison and things really got interesting. The point I was trying to make (other than there are better places to put money than MSFT) was these companies can prosper with having to drive competitors out of business or end up in court for unlawful business conduct. What exactly has driving Netscape out of business gained the company and the stockholders? The other companies prosper attending to their businesses not in trying to get the Justice Department's Antitrust budget cut or running around lobbying elected officials to intervene in the Judicial process. Talk about losing focus. You can wish for an earnings miracle (BTW last quarter's record earnings dorpped the stock 12 points) but the company is wandering aimlessly with an out of touch management much as IBM did in the early 90's until an outsider came in and cleaned house. When IBM crosses MSFT in the chart maybe then the stockholders will get the idea. Harvey 5 Year Chart DELL included siliconinvestor.com P.S. Do you realize how much better Microsoft products would be if they used Java to its fullest potential? P.P.S. Bill Gates is a smart man. Maybe now he'll have an Epiphany and put things in proper order. Then I'd rate the stock a buy.