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

To: David Howe who wrote (60375)	8/7/2001 10:48:30 AM
From: dybdahl	Respond to of 74651

It hasn't started yet. Windows was as dead at the time when MS-DOS 6 shipped. Lars.

To: David Howe who wrote (60375)	8/7/2001 11:54:20 AM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

David, re: You heard the news last week when Dell announced they would no longer sell PCs with Linux? They blamed it on "lack of demand". You saw the part in that same article about Linux still be outfitted on Dell servers, it's the desktop line that lacked demand. Linux is not a desktop OS, unless you're an engineer or a programmer - it makes a really effective server OS. Running Samba you don't need to give Microsoft of ton of money for a BDC/PDC. Frankly, I find nothing surprising about Dell's action and it really says nothing most folks already knew. Microsoft controls the desktop, but the server end, especially the high end will take some time.