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

To: alydar who wrote (66743)	4/4/2002 6:04:12 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 74651

"the problem arises when corporations are forced to upgrade their software when a new os is marketed." Wha was forced? It's thier choice to bear the costs to maintain the old stuff and not have the ability to run the apps enables by the new OS and or PC. Eventually the TCO is too high and you upgrade. Much like when you keep your car longer than the warranty. "...it is usually purchasing new software to run on old machines." The numbers do not seem support your claim. The bulk of the new OSs sell on new machines.