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

To: JC Jaros who wrote (45615)	5/29/2000 4:37:00 PM
From: Crueldog	Respond to of 74651

Yesterdays issues. Good Point. The question at hand is MSFT a good investment at the present.

To: JC Jaros who wrote (45615)	5/29/2000 5:09:00 PM
From: Andy Thomas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

How many people would be using computers today if there had never been windows? Is this a good or a bad thing? I was dragged kicking and screaming into Windows but realize its mass appeal. This is something which you apparently fail to see. How many people would be using computers today if it hadn't been for "cheap" windows? How many people can figure out dos, linux, or solaris? Apple killed themselves by refusing to become open - they had an arguably "superior" product but it was proprietary to a greater extent than DOS-Win. They had a sweet spot to squelch Windows in about 1990 and flinched when they could have lowered prices in order to be competitive. IBM's OS/2 is (was) very impressive from what I've seen. Why in God's name did IBM drop that ball when Win95 was still under development and they had a kick-a** product already in the channel? I'll tell you, some of the stuff IBM has done over the years is downright mystifying. So now you're up here telling us that the OS on the client is a bad idea? That may be mostly true in probably not in all cases. Is there nothing new under the Sun? <g> It's interesting to see how you silicon valley whiners think you know what's best for everyone else, sort of like a certain cult of minions residing up here in Redmond. As usual, there's been a lot of the pot calling the kettle black in this entire affair. FWIW Andy