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

To: Brian Malloy who wrote (43741)	4/28/2000 10:37:00 AM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

MSFT et al have lots of rights, and have been exercising them vigorously. They've also done some things the judge decided are not within their rights under the law. In that regard, they have a few rights left (e.g. to not settle, to appeal, etc. -- all the things we've heard about here); of course, at some point those rights run out. There's an honest difference of opinion here about just when and in what posture that will happen, but I think any unbiased opinion must recognize that there is at least some risk that Microsoft will not prevail. The folks here who are "100% certain" claim to have a better crystal ball than mine, but I doubt they do. JMHO.

To: Brian Malloy who wrote (43741)	4/28/2000 10:39:00 AM
From: Insitu	Respond to of 74651

Brian--If you say it enough, maybe it will become true. But I doubt it. You have been brainwashed by MSFT propaganda. I got Bill's letter in the mail too. I threw it in the trash. Freedom to innovate is a joke. Freedom to massacre any business in the way is more like it. You don't have to love the arrogant management to love the stock. It has been a great stock. It will be a great stock. I think it may drop to 50 or so, before it recovers. Short term, the stock sucks. Long term, it will be great again. But the management has hurt the stockholders over this inane freedom to innovate propaganda. Just settle the lawsuit. They were wrong. Pay the price and move on.

To: Brian Malloy who wrote (43741)	4/28/2000 1:01:00 PM
From: David Howe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Brian, Your post is worth re-posting. It is as accurate as it gets. The MSFT bashers here are biased against MSFT for some reason. They don't understand the issues and they don't understand the law. Someone mentioned that MSFT's chances are 50/50 in appeal. I suggest that they think again. IMO, Microsofts has a 100% chance of getting at least a partial victory on appeal. The current 'remedy' is so outrageous that there is no way the appeals court will let it stand as is, without some softening. Even the current judge will probably soften the restrictions to some extent. That's the way it works. The prosecutor submits his remedy, the defendant submits their remedy and the judge comes up with his remedy. This is of course appealed and the appealate court revises the remedy or rejects it entirely. The trial court is so obviously biased, that the appeals court will certainly soften or throw out the proposed remedy. Again, your post is on point. << MSFT is not a monopoly. MSFT is fighting for the freedom to innovate. The DOJ action amounts to an attempt to set the stage for government meddling in high tech. They have their fingers either thru regulations or government/quasi-government bodies all over banking, the railroads, the auto industry, the pharmaceuticals, utilities, energy, mining, farming and many other industries. They want the same type of input and control over the techs. I don't want the government telling high tech companies what they can or can not put in a product. I don't want the government setting pricing for high tech companies. I don't want the government... I do want the government to start paying off the national debt. I want them to address things like taxes and social security and medicare in a rational matter since we are saddled with them. Those types of things are the role of government, not telling me a consumer that I have been harmed by MSFT. Mr. Gates and MSFT are fully within their rights to reject anything that the DOJ states and sends forth. We have an advesarial system of justice and MSFT is exercising its legitimate rights under the law. Any cries by the DOJ and people like you that are upset because MSFT will not nuckle under are laughable. >>