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

To: Logos who wrote (6516)	5/5/1998 1:52:00 PM
From: Deliveryman	Respond to of 74651

Well, MSFT has never dropped below its split price (in this case 77). I will figure that is a support point that will not be broken.

To: Logos who wrote (6516)	5/5/1998 4:07:00 PM
From: Maverick	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Win98, is it worth upgrading ? Posted by: siteadm Date posted: Fri May 1 12:14:59 PDT 1998 I've been looking forward to trying out and working with Windows 98, but having done so now, all I can say is, where's the beef? (See this week's Plugged In column for more.) Other than a nice new start-up sound, color gradients inside window title bars, and an animated menu trick that was in the original Microsoft Plus, Windows 98 looks, acts, feels, and works exactly like Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4.0 installed (except that you don't have the option to remove Explorer 4.0 in the Add/Remove Software control panel -- what a surprise!). In fact, after I worked with it for about 15 minutes I nearly forgot I was in Windows 98. One thing I did notice, however, is that the version number of Windows 98 is listed as 4.1 vs. 4.0 for Windows 95. Interesting, no? I know that internally there are some differences, but for the vast majority of people, most of those differences will be completely irrelevant. Multiple monitors and TV tuner cards are just not that big of a deal. Windows 98 also adds additional support for new hardware, such as Universal Serial Bus devices, and apparently incorporates lots of bug fixes, but since when are those considered part of an upgrade that costs money? The one real highlight of Windows 98 is all the new troubleshooting and diagnostic tools included with the OS. Ultimately, though, I'm left feeling that although Windows 98 is clearly an improvement over Windows 95, it doesn't come close to justifying its $109 upgrade price tag -- except perhaps for Windows 3.1 users, who will see enormous benefits. For existing Windows 95 installations, however, this looks and feels like a $29 - $39 upgrade. Anything more than that, in my opinion, is just more grist for the U.S. Justice Department's investigation into Microsoft's monopolistic practices. What do you think of Windows 98? Is it worth the price? Are you planning to upgrade? forums.infoworld.com

To: Logos who wrote (6516)	5/5/1998 6:34:00 PM
From: John Chen	Respond to of 74651

Hazem,re:"Apocalypse". DOJ/Reno's style!!! Horrah!!! OK, it's not MSFT's fault that the WHOLE hardware industry working so hard to make things so cheap. Maybe this is not a monopoly by choice/design, BUT IT IS A MONOPOLY. I'm not going to complain after I load up couple of shares. I don't think MSFT will go below $80 regardless of what happened to win98. What I'm afraid of, as a shareholder, is that win98 and other stuff will not work if the 'IE' is removed. A fair game is, IE not included by is ALSO freely downloadable just like NSCP's browser. Then again, I wouldn't be surprised that win98 JUST MAY NOT WORK, and IS BY DESIGN and REQUESTED BY THE CUSTOMERS.