Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

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

To: mozek who wrote (6712)	5/8/1998 3:53:00 AM
From: dumbmoney	Respond to of 74651

It seems that most people have forgotten the incredible drop in software prices and increase of availability over the past 15 years. It certainly wasn't due to Apple, IBM, or Sun. I'm not saying it was all due to Microsoft, but I'd say Borland and Microsoft were the pioneers in the area of reasonably priced software. I think Microsoft's biggest contribution is enabling the horizontal integration of the PC world. OS, CPU, motherboard, graphics, I/O, etc. all coming from different vendors. There is 100X more competition in Microsoft's universe than in Apple's or Sun's. Go ahead, complain about Microsoft - I do - but never forget that you would be paying a lot more for your PC, and getting less, if Microsoft didn't exist.

To: mozek who wrote (6712)	5/8/1998 3:54:00 AM
From: joseph w renfrow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Off Topic..but interesting/curious!!! Mike ..have you seen this...check it out, especially the bit about the old excel 95... Subject: Food For Thought The part about Excel is TRUE!!!!! Since we're all using MICROSOFT products here, I thought I'd just let you know these facts... Do you know that Bill gates' REAL name is William Henry Gates III? Nowadays, he is known as Bill Gates (III) where III means the order of third (3rd). So, what's so eerie about this name? OK, if you take all the letters in Bill Gates III and then convert it in ASCII code (American standard code for information interchange) and then ADD up all the numbers...you will get 666, which is the number of the beast!!! B 66 I 73 L 76 L 76 G 71 A 65 T 84 E 69 S 83 I 1 I 1 I 1 666 !!!! THE NUMBER OF THE DEVIL........ Coincidence? Maybe, but take WINDOWS 95 and do the SAME procedure and you will get 666 too !!! And the same goes for MS-DOS 6.21!!! Are you sure this is not a Coincidence? You decide.... MS-DOS 6.21 77+83+45+68+79+83+32+54+46+50+49 =3D 666 WINDOWS 95 87+73+78+68+79+87+83+57+53+1=3D 666 Okay now for the good part!!!!!! For those of you who still have the OLD xcel 95 (not office 97) try this out: 1. Open a new file. 2. Scroll down until you see row 95. 3. Click on the row 95 button, this highlights the whole row 4. Press tab, to move to the second column. 5. Now, move your mouse and click on help THEN about microsoft excel 6. Press ctrl-alt-shift and click on the tech support button simultaneously. 7. A WINDOW WILL APPEAR, TITLE : THE HALL OF TORTURED SOULS. This is really eerie okay...it has a doom style format and you can walk all around the hall (use your arrow keys)...and on the sides of the walls are the names of the tortured souls.... 8. NOW WALK UP THE STAIRS AND THEN COME BACK DOWN, FACE THE BLANK WALL AND THEN TYPE IN EXCELKFA. This will open the blank wall to reveal another secret passage, walk through the passage and DO NOT fall off (this is the hard part!), when you get to the end, you will see something really really eerie.... At this point of time, countless witnesses all over the world have verified that it is a real eye opener. It could be a joke by MS programmers or is it?...... Wouldn't be surprise if Bill Gates was "The Antichrist", afterall it was already foretold in the Bible that someone powerful would rise up and lead the world to destruction. And Bill Gates definitely have that kind of power in his hands. More than 80% of the world's computers run on Windows and DOS (including those at Pentagon!) If all his products have some kind of small program embedded (like this Hall of Tortured Souls) that can give him control, setting off nuclear arsenals, creating havoc in security systems, financial systems all over the world,etc......All from his headquarters isn't a far of reality! Just using Internet. Explorer may just allow him to map out what you have on your computer bit by bit each time you log on. Perhaps the endtimes are near and this is just a tip of the iceberg!? Quote from the Bible "He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666."...Revelations 13:16-18. See.... It is something for you to think about....if the Bible, in the Book of Revelation says that without the sign of the beast one would not be able to buy, sell, do business transactions, etc. then. My question to you know is this..... Is Internet now a necessity in doing business? The Internet also bears the sign... Note that the Internet is also commonly known as the World Wide Web or WWW...One other way we write W is V/(VI) so ...... W W W VI VI VI 6 6 6 This gives me something to ponder upon ... Isn't everything going towards the Internet? (i.e., buying/selling goods, business transactions) Isn't Microsoft always on the move to have a monopoly when it comes to software technology? And now the Internet? Revelation also says that the mark of the beast will be carried on one's Hand and one's forehead..... If the Internet would indeed be the sign of the beast aren't we all starting to carry it on our hands and foreheads??? Screens (forehead) and make use of the mouse (hand)??? Are things finally falling into place or are we just letting our imagination run??? Remember, the devil came to cheat, steal, and to destroy ....... so be VIGILANT!!! about Bill Gates and Microsoft. "To agree or to not agree with the WWW or the Beast", is not the question. What if the WWW is the 666? Or Bill Gates be the Beast? What will you do?? Cancel subscriptions to the Internet? Resign from Microsoft? Set out a campaign against Bill Gates in the internet? Shut down all Windows 95 forever? It will not do you any good...think about all this and pray, pray really hard, or else

To: mozek who wrote (6712)	5/8/1998 6:58:00 AM
From: Monty Lenard	Respond to of 74651

"My opinion is that truly deep integration of many features we take for granted today would, most likely, not be available at any price" I was talking to a friend of mine last nite concerning this very matter. The "truly deep integration" is what makes Microsoft products so GREAT and it concerns me very much that this could be lost. My tax software even allows Excel Spreadsheets to be linked or imbedded so that when I change something in the books via the spreadsheet the tax return I am working on automatically changes! Now this is probably elementary for most but for me it is AMAZING. I have used computers for accounting and tax(dos)for years and did not even have Windows on a computer until just before 95 was released. I hear many people bitch about Microsoft and I have done the same, but I have to tell you that you people have done a great job in making my work easier and FUN. Keep up the good work. I wish Bill Gates would just buy air time and go to the American People with his case. Monty

To: mozek who wrote (6712)	5/8/1998 9:24:00 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Mozek, what can we do? People say to write your congressman, but what the hell does that accomplish. I've written several times about several issues and nothing ever changes. My attitude has become increasingly bleak, as now I just try to make my pile and ignore the absurdities our government imposes on us. It makes me sad that MSFT is going down, but when the DOJ get their hook in a company they don't let go. Look what happened to IBM. The only thing that can save MSFT is the fact that Gates is a smart man. I just wish his intelligence extended to political acumen as well. So far, the DOJ has crucified him in the media. He needs to turn the game around. Anyway, good luck. The masses are with you!

To: mozek who wrote (6712)	5/8/1998 10:05:00 AM
From: Dermot Burke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Hey Mister-What about your co's stated attempt to "cut off the air supply" of your first to market browser competitor- using bundled, anti-competitive, anti innovation below cost ,exclusive ISP, exclusive OEM deals? Who do you think you 're foolin? You're flag waving is blatantly transparent pal. I see. another company brings an improved app to market and you have the right to copy it.Put the competitor out of business( job losses in the name of innovation) by depriving the innovator of revenue by innovative integration.And then you sell it for free ,so the consumer benefits. Why don't you give a way the innovative word ? Why is that different than the browser ?

To: mozek who wrote (6712)	5/9/1998 9:13:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Respond to of 74651

Mike, although I've always exclusively used one of your competitor's spreadsheet (started with Quattro 1.0, upgraded every time, now that same spreadsheet is in Corel WordPerfect Suite 7), and I've never used MS-Word (use WordPerfect), I absolutely can't imagine how boring computing life would be without MicroSoft. Win95 was the greatest gift to the IBM-compatible world that I can think of. I absolutely agree with everything you say, 100%. Consumers do have choices. I do use IE, but don't use MS-Office. I have the integrated utilities in Win95, but bought and use Norton Utilities as my preferred set of utilities. And yes, to repeat again: Netscape has the majority of the browser market. But of course they still aren't satisfied, because they are extremists, and would like to see MSFT run out of business. Jealousy breeds extreme emotions.