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

To: jonkai who wrote (71397)	7/19/2002 6:48:19 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Respond to of 74651

In all fairness, I don't think he said every single person in the top 2% worked for Microsoft. <g> Charles Tutt (SM)

To: jonkai who wrote (71397)	7/19/2002 7:43:33 PM
From: Rusty Johnson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Computers below cost Linux: Xbox Got More Than Game By Brad King Microsoft wants to control every living room across the country, making the computer the centerpiece of the home entertainment network. The Xbox, Microsoft's video-game console, has long been rumored to be at the core of that strategy, a dream that may soon come true thanks to a team of hackers who are transforming the game console into a home computer. The rub is that the newly hacked system will run without any Microsoft software. The Xbox Linux Project -- comprising programmers in Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom -- began hacking a Linux operating system that would work with the game system, which now costs under $200. With its high-speed Internet connection, DVD capabilities and hard drive, the hardware device is the perfect shell for hackers to play with, creating a low-price computer for the masses. The Xbox hack will likely beat Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center computers -- which will come with a remote control and allow people to surf through music and videos -- to market. "The user will not see that it's Linux; the Xbox will still just behave like a gaming console," said Michael Steil, a German developer on the project. "So these are just two possible applications: one as a computer console, one as a gaming console. (There are) additional possibilities." The Xbox has an Intel Pentium III processor, 64 MB of RAM, 10 GB of hard disk space, a DVD drive and a USB ethernet connection. Along with the Linux operating system devised to work with the Xbox, users will need to pony up the cash for a keyboard, mouse and monitor, bringing the total cost of their new computer to under $500. wired.com Now THAT'S innovation. MSFT may be an important player in the software industry someday. Or I should say "hardware" industry. Linux running on an Xbox makes me smile. If MSFT employees were "smart" they'd be learning Linux. (I have to believe Bill and Steve use Apple ... FreeBSD ... computers.) By the way ... REALLY SMART people work for themselves or not at all. Thanks to wired.com Microsoft ... now selling Linux hardware! Best of luck.

To: jonkai who wrote (71397)	7/19/2002 8:47:35 PM
From: David R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

RE: before, only the "top employees" got these options MSFT has always given all full-time regular employees options. I know a few ex-MSFT'rs that are doing quite well. RE: except fix bugs in an OS that should have been fixed 10 years ago? Have you run Mozilla? Do you think that it is hard to crash Linux? SW is still as much art as science. Bugs are a fact of life. At least MSFT OS has been moving forward in stability. I have very few problems with XP. From your ranting, one can surmise that you are most interested in getting MSFT. You and the rest of the MSFT bashers can hardly pretend that you have MSFT's shareholders best interests at the forefront of your concerns. All in all, MSFT's shareholders have fared well in the two year thrashing (relatively speaking). They have only lost 60% from their peak. Few tech issues have fared as well.