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To: cheryl williamson who wrote (40648)	1/19/2001 6:03:06 PM
From: David Howe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Prove that << MSFT - Windows/NT etal. is a dead issue in the corporate mkts. They're putting money into game controllers. >> is an incorrect statement? Not too difficult. MSFT (the PC software company) just reported quarterly sales of enterprise software (NT / Win2000 / SQL / etc.) of $1.244 billion. That's a 20% increase over the same quarter last year. MSFT has annual sales in the enterprise market of around $5 billion and it's one of the areas MSFT's business is showing strong growth. $5 billion in sales and growing is not exactly in line with your assessment of "dead". MSFT may have $20 billion in sales in the PC market, but they aren't just a PC company. They are moving strongly into the server market and according to their financial report they are succeeding. Don't count MSFT out yet, they are just beginning to enter the large corporate market. JMHO Dave