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

To: David Howe who wrote (50683)	10/5/2000 1:20:25 PM
From: David Howe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

By the way, I'm spending some time searching the DELL website. So far I've looked at 'Desktops' and 'Laptops'. ALL of them come standard with MSFT software and the Windows Me OS. None of them that I can find are available with Linux. DELL states the following in the OS description of these products. "Includes Windows Millennium Edition – the home version of the world’s favorite software" I'll keep looking, and am certain that Linux is available on some of the servers. When I get to it I'll post my opinion on the cost difference between an empty box (linux version) and a complete package (Win OS).

To: David Howe who wrote (50683)	10/5/2000 1:42:43 PM
From: JC Jaros	Respond to of 74651

I believe that the average consumer wants the simplest and least expensive way to access the Internet (period). Something on the order of a telephone. --- With broadband will come just that. People won't need Office to do 'word processing'. They won't need Quicken to do the family finances. It'll be done over the web. That is after all what .NET is all about. --- But, it's not the 'consumer' where the money is made for 'PC' vendors. It's the enterprise. There, buying decisions aren't based on notions like 'richer computing experience'. They're made on economics and worker productivity. --- We'll see how the 'PC' (now, 'rich client') stacks up against alternative network clients and devices in the coming couple of years. -JCJ