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

To: TTOSBT who wrote (46242)	6/8/2000 6:37:00 PM
From: SC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Have you ever gone for a ride in a Model T Ford? This was truly an awful car. Heck, the steering wheel was even optional. If the hill was too steep, you had to back up the hill because the fuel tank had to be higher than the carburator as the fuel was gravity fed. There were a lot of other cars available which were much better. Very sophisticated V-12 engines the finest leather interiors, and other colors besides black. The Ford Model T was probably the most successful car model ever, even though many competitors had better products. The reason for the success was simple economics, only very wealthy people could afford to buy the competitors products. Henry Ford's business model was to provide affordable transportation to everyone who had a steady job. A car the common man could afford to buy and maintain. Microsoft, Intel and Compaq simply borrowed a page from the Henry Ford business plan and applied it to computers. I doubt that any of this internet business would have been possible without the millions of Wintel desktops available to generate the business. Apple is too expensive, and Linux/Unix is too complicated (and in the case of Unix, way too expensive) to attract the interest of the vast majority of computer owners who want an inexpensive, easy to use computer and aren't really interested in the technical details. Steve

To: TTOSBT who wrote (46242)	6/8/2000 7:45:00 PM
From: ProDeath	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

I don't give a wet rat's _ss about MS sales, crack cocaine is popular and a big seller some places, would you have us believe that it is a good thing on that basis? I've personally witnessed the disaster of Windows in the workplace, and I despise intentional mediocrity on general principle. Keep in mind that if you've owned stock in a large company that has embraced Windows, it is likely that company has pissed away a fortune supporting this brain-damaged garbage, and/or has impaired functionality due to reliance on such flaky trash. I do my customers the favor of helping them avoid dependence on MS products whenever I can. Sometimes it takes a while. In one case I know of, it took 4 years for someone to figure out that NT just was not the ticket for anything other than non-critical desktops and file services, and that unix was the most effective platform for database and application servers. It's good to see once-hapless victims take control of their fate and kick the pusher out of their pantry. There's really no reason for people to spend their lives with their head up Bill's colon, what's your excuse?