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

To: John F. Dowd who wrote (43900)	4/29/2000 5:20:00 PM
From: techtonicbull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

But John, in the short run, if there are behavioral punishments and the code for Windows becomes required to be opened, this can create a near term problem, however, over the long term Microsoft will make better licensing fees to counter their loss of proprietary monopolization. By the way , an open source code will benefit all consumers, as well as benefit innovation. Also SUNW will benefit greatly if this happens since there will be a greater need for their equipment since prospective purchasers of Microsoft based, Intel equipment will now spread the purchases to companies like Sun Microsystems IMO.