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

To: X-Ray Man who wrote (4356)	12/18/1997 2:06:00 PM
From: odd lot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

<Look, we are talking about MSFT investment here, no? Amen. The only things more worthless to investors than the rantings of the anti-Microsoft contingency are the ravings of the pro-Microsoft group (unless they include a good link). Long-term, does anybody think Microsoft's market value will be dramatically negatively impacted by the current legal problems? Won't they still be able to do well selling NT, Win-whatever, applications, games, unthought of stuff, and maybe even browsers even if their power over the OEM's is curtailed? Won't they still get a meaningful share of the potential internet pie? What happens to shareholder value if they get broken up? Certainly the income stream will be reduced somewhat, but how significant might this be? Just asking.

To: X-Ray Man who wrote (4356)	12/18/1997 2:22:00 PM
From: John Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

X-ray, thanks for ALL the stuff you throw at me. Unfortunately, I don't understand all those 'investment/ta/fa...'. I wanted to understand, who/how in the world would cause MSFT said something like that "win95 would be dysfunctional if IE is removed?". Did MSFT tell consumer that when win95 come out? Most people didn't buy win95 because of IE, correct? I owned and will (not now) own MSFT stock, it is such a good money maker, no brainer with all those PC/hardware price dropping like flies. But statement like that make you wonder if someone is GOING NUT in MSFT? There must be something going on in the industry to drive someone in MSFT crazy to come up with an excuse like that? So MSFT intentionally selling dysfunctional OS without telling consumer? "Deceptive trade practice LAWSUIT" ... "Defective product LAWSUIT" ... "Incompetent engineering" ... That kind of statement IS GOING TO HURT.