To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (4851 ) 1/30/1998 2:09:00 AM From: K. M. Strickler Read Replies (1) | Respond to
I'm not actually sure how bad this quarter will be for MSFT with the split on 2/12 in the offing! I think that there are a lot of people that will buy in when the cost is in the $7500-$8000 block area. Once you get past the 'odd lot' trading cost as they might be able to do with the split. If you look at the history of MSFT, it's performance is really incredible! Since they have achieved "critical mass" (that point that the embedded base is so large that any product that is offerred is sold) the stock seems to gradually (sometimes not so gradually) rise. I know that I buy each new release as it comes along for several reasons. Not the least of which it the fact that I want them to do well! Make a lot of money! Stay in business! I have written what I consider to be a 'fair' amount of code, and realize that I could not have the operating system that I enjoy today if I had to write it myself. I don't know that I would have done it in the same way that MSFT has, but I believe that there are as many ways to write code as there are people to try and write it. I will state that as the processors get 'blindingly' fast, and the resource pool seems to become unlimited, 'sloppy' code seems to run as fast as 'good' code. The only criteria is that I don't want the system to 'crash'. I can remember taking much time to optimize code to get the maximum performance out of it, especially in a 'real time' environment! With the new systems, and the graduating classes of students that have really had computers their whole lives, I will expect another order of magnitude of development from MSFT an the continuing profits, and hence increase in stock prices.
