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

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (56372)	2/28/2001 6:15:51 PM
From: PJ Strifas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Monopolist...I think we need to get a definition of that word :) As for market dominance in client or desktop market, there's no question: nwfusion.com "Two studies released Wednesday by IDC show that Microsoft continues to dominate the client operating system market and to build dominance in the server operating system market." "According to IDC, Windows accounted for .... an overwhelming 92% of shipments on the client side...."We have to acknowledge that Microsoft's strategies and tactics seem to be working," says Dan Kusnetzky, vice president of operating environments research for IDC." "...On the client side, IDC's "Client Operating Environments: 2000 Year in Review" revealed continued Microsoft dominance in an area marked by slowing growth. Windows 98 and 98 SE shipments were up 36% over the previous year, but overall Microsoft's Windows 9x and Me shipments were only up by 8%. Microsoft increased its client market share by almost 3%....Linux is still far behind on the client side with..." Drawn your own conclusions..... I have :) Peter J Strifas

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (56372)	3/1/2001 1:33:07 AM
From: Thunder	Respond to of 74651

That sounds to me like a paranoid monopolist shooting at everything. That sounds just as interesting as shooting at everything via Project Sherman, and then there's that dumpster just full of innovation to be had. Have to hand it to them though; its end result is in lock-step. I just guess that everyone seems to be paranoid lately. Different approaches to paranoia reap different results, some just 'dig' a little deeper with no result and, some end up empty handed in Court. Some just hit on the mark. Wonder how much they rely on such acumen in their business models and plans; seems like risky business to me, but then again, I'm not them, nor a Government Lawyer or garbage collector for hire either so WDIK -- other then the most obvious attempts to take. Anyhow, here's a little piece on Chief Judge Harry T. Edwards, a Dem. appointed to the court back in 1980 by Jimmy Carter: "My greatest frustration over the years has been in attempting to debunk the unfounded suggestions in the media and among some scholars that judicial decision-making is largely influenced by a judge's ideological preferences," he told the Legal Times in 1999. people.ft.com If he pulls them to him -- it's all over but the shouting, I can hardly wait. Thunder

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (56372)	3/1/2001 4:45:36 AM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

It seemed very planned to me. Maybe he had been so clever to do a market research on the involved companies - then he would have found out, that several of the involved companies have Linux expertise. I prefer IBM's policy of not criticising the competition - unless very specific reasons make it necessary. Nobody criticised MSFT at that meeting, only the lack of certain necessary features in some MSFT products. I would suspect that MSFT has done some internal "anti-Linux" education (I would!), and that this was only a guy that told the outside world what he was told in the inside world. It just didn't fit the subject or the agenda. Lars.