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

To: djia101362 who wrote (43858)	4/28/2000 10:04:00 PM
From: jeffol	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

I agree. Who believes that the app group would ever develop for a 4% marketshare operating system - Linux. I don't think so. They should be focused on their installed base and ensuring that they continue to see value in their purchases. Would be interesting to see who can be sued for this witch hunt and blatant legal abuses? Just remember we only are hearing the side of the government with all of the sound clips and this is not over till it goes thru the process. I would like to see legal actions taken against AOL, SUNW, and ORCL when MSFT is cleared on this crap since they are the ones that need to utilize legal/government actions to suceed.

To: djia101362 who wrote (43858)	4/29/2000 8:56:00 AM
From: tonyt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Well, since MSFT won't accept a break-up, they will appeal (and the appeal process takes years, not months). MSFT will now always be under the 'microscope', and that will limit how they compete. Consider this: If this ruling had come out the year before Netscape was founded, then Microsoft Internet Explorer would not have beaten Navigator, as MSFT would have been too preoccupied with the appeal (and how their business tacics ala Explorer would be viewed). BTW, I still find it humorous that Bill once insisted that it was impossible to take Internet Explorer out of the OS, yet that was one of his settlement proposals now that they have beaten Netcape!