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

To: dybdahl who wrote (58366)	5/24/2001 9:55:48 AM
From: Michael Do	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

I did buy Windows and use it and happy with it just like hundreds of million of other people worldwide. I don't have any problem with others to use other OS (Mac, Linux, OS/2, UNIX...) that's probably a good thing to keep Microsoft honest:-) What I don't like is Microsoft's competitors spent million of dollars to use the government as a weapon to destroy Microsoft not for the consumer benefit but for their own. Even if Microsoft is a monopolist, OS is not life necessity that government should get it nose on. There are lot of alternative choice outside of Microsoft for the consumer as you indicated: Linux is free, OS/2, Mac is reasonable cost.. Since you are the big fan of Nokia, here is an analogy to Microsoft for NOkia (disclose: I work for Nokia's competitor so some bias is expected but I would not want or expect the following thing happen to Nokia) Since Nokia so dominate in the wireless handset and their market share approachs 75-80% in Europe and almost drove its competitors out of business. Ericsson, Alcatel, Siemens... spent million of Euro to convince the EU that Nokia is monopolist and lobby EU and US DOJ to break up Nokia into multiple units (I love Nokia so much, I wish there are hundreds of them:-). In the meantime, restrict Nokia activity as follow: 1. Nokia can not further incorporate any new feature in their phone (3G, video, PDA...) 2. They must provide their BOM, Manufacture Process flow, control plan, to their rivals to even playing field. 3. Anyone sells Nokia phone must offer 1 or 2 alternative phone to its customer. 4. Can not sign exclusive contract with any service provider. 5. Prevent Nokia from get into infrastructure since it will abuse its competitors too. 6. If Nokia prospers and everyone else suffer then Nokia must somehow engaged on something illegal activities. I certainly do not wish it happen to Nokia this way. But if you substitute Nokia with Microsoft and a few words, that would be exactly what happened to Microsoft. Mike