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To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (4241)	12/31/1997 12:38:00 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10921

OTMSFT became a monopoly when it primary products DOS and Windows 3.1 were pieces of Sht!! Cary, Can't say I agree. Although MSFT may appear to be sh* to many people, a common complaint esp. among computer types, it is/was the onlysystem compatible with practically everything. Everyone made their products to work with it. Doesn't always happen; I know there were more than several occasions when I seriously delibaerated on throwing my system out the window. But in the end, I would not switch even if given the choice. And this is the important point. People have had a choice. First they did not want Apple. Then IBM came out with an OS. Nada. People want compatibility even if it means a less-than-perfect OS. I never noticed anyone stick a gun to anyone's head in all of my computer shopping. So to claim MSFT did not "earn" their dominance is not fair to MSFT and an assumption that millions of computer purchasing people don't know any better. An insult if ever I heard one. Regards, Brian

To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (4241)	1/1/1998 1:40:00 AM
From: Investor2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10921

Speaking of Microsoft, slate.com Best wishes, I2

To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (4241)	1/15/1998 8:18:00 PM
From: 16yearcycle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10921

Cary, Hope all is well.Without posting the same points again, it appears to me that the tide is actually turning, or at least the bottom on these stocks doesn't look as far down now as it did two weeks ago. I altered my buying plan to assume a bottom only 20% down from here, not as much as 50%. Since I can weather a 20% drop, I've nearly completed my buying plan. I know this aggresive,so I wondered if you changed your "short-term" outlook, with the various e reports and news from asia and europe. Thanks. Gene