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Technology Stocks : All About Sun Microsystems -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (46194)	11/4/2001 11:10:33 AM
From: techtonicbull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Who knows the real economic effect on SUNW from the justice department agreement (positive or negative)?

To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (46194)	11/4/2001 1:59:30 PM
From: JDN	Respond to of 64865

Dear Bill: If MSFT were so lilly white as you say, funny so many state attorney generals are involved not to mention the European counterparts. As to damage to SUNW, seems to me SUNW being totally independent of the WINTEL conglomeration was the LEAST damaged. I dont think this is "sour grapes" on McNealy's part, just dismay. But, I do agree with you, might as well drop the matter and proceed on with business as usual. JDN

To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (46194)	11/5/2001 3:05:46 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Respond to of 64865

"...and that each year you pay less to get more." I think, with the quality of the code coming out of Redmond, that that statement is questionable. Microsoft has garnered a much-deserved reputation for selling snake-oil. Few dispute it. But, their loyal following and most "business analysts" would say that, though the software "wasn't the best" it was "good enough" for most users. Fair enough. People buy Toyotas that look like BMW's instead of shelling out for BMW's all the time. But unlike the automotive market, the software product can grow in sophistication quite rapidly over a very short period of time. What most people don't see is that that extra sophistication can be a real liability if it is not well thought-out, well-executed, and well-tested. A case in point is security. Once PC's get on the internet, they are vulnerable to attack. Do you really want PC's running Windows controlling our power-generation plants, nuclear plants, and our water systems??? Now that America realizes that cyber-terrorism is a distinct possibility, "paying less to get more" PC & software from Microsoft is not a meaningful part of the decision-to-purchase equation. What people need to realize is this: McNealy isn't "whining". He is warning. It's true that Sun would be the beneficiary of any fallout that M$FT has in the marketplace. So what? Sun should prevail for one reason and one reason alone: they make better products and we can't afford more schlock-on-the-internet-disguised-as-another-ease-of-use-improvement-for-less. That also is the way capitalism works.