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

To: miraje who wrote (44593)	5/9/2000 2:17:00 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

MSFT sure seems to be on a slippery slope today. Where are all you supporters? Out of funds?

To: miraje who wrote (44593)	5/9/2000 3:46:00 PM
From: Daniel W. Koehler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

James Two points: <<However much one might detest MSFT or AOL or any other company, the erosion of the underlying constitutional rights that are the foundation of this countries success is a much greater threat than any perceived so-called "monopoly abuse of power". Right on, as usual, James. Thanks for the libertarian insight. The government is creating a yet another "crisis", from which only it can "save" us. <<And to the SUNNYs who have been populating this thread recently... To attempt to label those who disagree with your assessment as some kind of militia nuts reveals ignorance, at best, of the fundamental principles of free minds and free markets.>> Jaros and Tutt and rest sound like they're fairly young, rather immature, (maybe not as far as their knowledge of technology is concerned, but rather in terms of life experience), thinking MSFT loss is their gain. But Sun is falling with the market too and pain is the best cure for this kind of hubris. But, as you correctly point out, government intervention into the tech arena has a bigger purpose than just goring MSFT's ox. If I may mix a metaphor, SUN really doesn't want the DOJ camel's nose under the tech tent. Ciao, Daniel

To: miraje who wrote (44593)	5/9/2000 5:01:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Respond to of 74651

I respectfully disagree. I dislike AOL (the product) and have never had an equity position in the company, long or short, but I support them in this case for the same reasons I support MSFT. AOL owns their messaging services, and what they chose to do with it, to open the interface or not, should be entirely up to them. They don't owe their competitors anything, period. Satire doesn't transmit well via keystrokes. My point was that if MSFT is guilty then so is AOL, and so on and so forth. Welcome to the U.S. Department of Technology.