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

To: Ibexx who wrote (5309)	3/3/1998 12:08:00 PM
From: Sonki	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

MSFT is an evil empire...and I love what it does for my pocket. don't u? maybe NSCP insiders are buying msft with their change. All those senetors probably hold msft.

To: Ibexx who wrote (5309)	3/4/1998 10:35:00 PM
From: Flair	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

Ibexx & all, - "US House leader defends Microsoft" infoworld.com By Nancy Weil InfoWorld Electric Posted at 11:59 AM PT, Mar 4, 1998 The U.S. government should back down from investigating Microsoft for alleged anti-competitive practices because the software maker has "revolutionized our economy," Dick Armey, Majority Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Armey's comments, posted at a House World Wide Web site Wednesday, came after testimony from Microsoft Chairman and CEO Bill Gates during a hearing in the committee, which is one of the U.S. government bodies looking into the company's business practices. (See Gates grilled by Senate committee.) "Remember when IBM was supposed to be the uncatchable leader of the high-tech world? Market forces, not the heavy hand of government, worked," Armey said. "Entrepreneurs saw opportunities and flocked to high-tech markets, as they continue to do today." Referring to testimony from Gates and other technology industry leaders Tuesday, Armey said, "America's top entrepreneurs who testified before the Senate today -- and many others like them -- have created the most productive economy in the history of the world. Microsoft has revolutionized our economy precisely because it has been free to innovate with minimal government interference. "Freedom works. The Justice Department and the U.S. Congress should quit meddling where they are not needed."