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

To: TTOSBT who wrote (43941)	4/30/2000 4:02:00 AM
From: John Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

TTOSBT,re:"OS...breakup". It's difficult to have someone bigger ("THE LAW") to forcifully break you up. Shouldn't MSFT do it themselve to begin with. Afterall, WS like 'split's. Maybe the synergy is lost for awhile. Extra layer of business entities will increase the individual cost (the public will pay). The whole assumption of the 'parts of MSFT' cannot survive on its own is very interesting and difficult to believe. Afterall, there's been a long lead time for MSFT to learn, try, acquire, develop knowledge and the organization. I would doubt that MSFT's software are junk. DOJ is right it will create more competition. Unfortunately its not the competition DOJ/Gov thinks => '2 monopolies' So breaking it into 2 as proposed is not the 'solution' or remedy to the problem DOJ 'think' is the problem. So I don't know what DOJ is trying to achieve. It's kind of like 'communist country' gave the land back to the farmers who were 'hurt' by the landlords for a number of reasons, one of which is: Your ancestor, parents worked too hard and saved all these assets for you and is hurting other people becasue you now have too much land. I'm sure the latest landlord is at fault in using its monopolistic power (MONEY,LAND,KNOWLEDGE) to do better. So government stepped in and just took it and gave it away to the village people. Well, all I can say, everything in life has 'cycle' and it is nature and cannot be prevented. MSFT/Bill is too big, too ....... and never mind what all the reasonings, right/wrong, lawful/unlawful .. blah.. blah.. The fun part is there will be 2 more cases for DOJ. Actually, as someone suggested on AMZN thread, anyone who has 'leverage power' is in line for harasement. Hopefully, next guys play it better than MSFT/Bill. Dont' fight the FED/DOJ. It's against American's gene not to live free. But better learn soon or later, like Bill Gate.

To: TTOSBT who wrote (43941)	4/30/2000 12:36:00 PM
From: ProDeath	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

The "why" of Microsoft's success was stated long ago by H.L. Mencken - "No one in this world, so far as I know- and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me- has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people." The clearest evidence of Microsoft's contempt for their customer base was the "Bob" product. They got caught on that one, but the fact that MS has attempted to co-opt the term "innovation" underlines their arrogance and belief that they can manipulate the sentiments of the chronically clueless. Windows is crap and its total cost of ownership is an affront to the stockholders of every public company that has chosen to support in their internal operations. The increasing popularity of server-centric "thin" client solutions is due largely to the considerable limitations of Microsoft's products. This trend is allowing the corporate IT idiots who jumped on the Windows wagon several years ago a chance to quietly correct their mistake without ever acknowledging it, and paves the way for computing environments where Windows is optional. Whether or not DOJ actions have a long-term effect on MS, the marketplace is moving on. Anyone remember when WordStar was the #1 PC word processor? That is history. Change is good.