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

To: johnd who wrote (52353)	10/27/2000 6:48:14 PM
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Gartner Research Shows Signs of Replacement Sales to Begin in 2001 San Jose, Calif., October 23, 2000 - Worldwide personal computer shipments surpassed 33.9 million units in the third quarter of 2000, an increase of 15.2 percent over the same period last year, according to preliminary statistics by Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Group, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB). With PC saturation in key U.S. and European segments, many manufacturers are waiting for the next PC upgrade cycle. "The expectation is that the home market will see some signs of replacement sales in the fourth quarter of 2000, but the corporate upgrade cycle will not gain momentum until 2001," said Charles Smulders, principal analyst for Gartner Dataquest's Personal Computers Worldwide program. "The potential size of that upgrade expected in 2001 is significant. There is the potential for a 25 percent increase in professional PC replacements in 2001 in the United States compared with 2000, even without Windows 2000 as a driver. A major upgrade cycle in both the European professional and home markets is also expected in 2001."

To: johnd who wrote (52353)	10/27/2000 7:08:27 PM
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From Bloomberg.com: Washington, Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The judge who ordered Microsoft Corp. split in two said he would ``think very seriously'' about taking himself off the case if an appeals court found his decision was ``egregiously wrong.'' U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who found Microsoft illegally defended its Windows software monopoly, raised the possibility of removing himself from further proceedings if the appeals court wants more hearings on the breakup. ``It will depend in large measure upon the confidence the Court of Appeals reposes in my earlier decision,'' Jackson said after a speech to an antitrust seminar. ``If I am found to have been egregiously in error, then even if they didn't remove me from the case, I might very well think very seriously of removing myself.'' ``My take on the case is a matter of public record,'' Jackson added. ``If my take is wrong, then perhaps somebody else ought to'' preside over further hearings. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is scheduled to hear arguments Feb. 26 and 27 on Microsoft's appeal of the breakup order. Full article: quote.bloomberg.com I get this strange feeling that he doesn't want to see this thing again, in part or otherwise, ever. <G>