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

To: Timetobuy who wrote (64371)	1/22/2002 6:41:21 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Timetobuy, Looks like I called this one right... "Windows never claims to be secure because everyone knows its the swiss-cheese of the crowd. So this leaves the marketing solution of "more secure" open for the application of some long-term grifting." --------------------------------------- >>>Chairman Bill Gates last week sent an e-mail to employees saying Microsoft must make security a higher priority than new features. Microsoft is trying to take customers from rivals such as Sun Microsystems Inc. with its Windows server software and must improve security to do that. <<<< In the meantime, people desiring a more secure computer system should contact a Sun representative... Nice plug for Sun by the Redmond spin-doctors. It might be a wise legal move if MSFT changed .NET to .EVERYWHERE because that's where all that personal data is going to be heading. With all the existing technology that already drives security on the Internet why would any corporation take a chance on .NET? According to Gates himself they are not going to concentrate on new features. Why? Because he knows there is nothing to add to the OS anymore. This is the point where Linux will close the gap on features. If Microsoft starts putting the squeeze on the user with a recurring license scheme they'll drive them away. With foreign governments adopting Linux, where is the Windows growth going to come from? In the next 10 years, Windows on the desktop could become as popular as bias-ply tires. Let the Grifting begin! Cheers, Norm