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

To: gial who wrote (7559)	5/18/1998 10:25:00 PM
From: Scotsman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

The issue of innovation is an interesting one that I feel is very hard to quantify. Several on this thread say that MSFT is very innovative, in fact you would think that they are the most innovative company around. Yet how can that be said definitively? We don't really have a lot of others to choose from for comparison. I would say that Apple could give MSFT a run for the money in innovation, yet that would just by my opinion. I certainly don't want a bunch of government donkeys judging what is innovative and what is not. The issue is the standard. Standardization has made the PC easy and effective to use, yet it, by definition, must throw out things that don't conform to its standard. Its a good bet that some of those things thrown out were probably innovative, but could just not be adapted to MSFT's plan or went against MSFT's vision. Hence you have the basis of the DOJ's suit. Is MSFT, by its sheer size or its business will, forcing companies to throw out innovation to create standardization. Certainly going to be an interesting trial. I should clarify my positions here. I don't own any MSFT,Sun, Netscape or any other software company. I am a hardware investor as I like chips more than code.

To: gial who wrote (7559)	5/19/1998 5:32:00 PM
From: Maverick	Respond to of 74651

MICROSOFT CORP expects to be sued over problems related to the inability of some of its software properly to handle dates in the year 2000 and beyond, the company said late Friday. While Microsoft has not yet been sued over Year 2000 issues, various definitions of Year 2000 compliance make lawsuits "likely," the company said in its regular quarterly filing with the SEC. "The outcomes of such lawsuits and the impact on the company are not estimable at this time," Microsoft said. The company also warned that Year 2000 issues could siphon off customer funds that otherwise would be spent on upgrading computers and software. (Reuters 08:48 PM ET 05/15/98) For the full text story, see infobeat.com