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

To: Hal Rubel who wrote (7739)	5/20/1998 6:46:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

We'll never know what any company would have developed, if what? The world is still turning. Day still follows night. If Java is so great, then Corel's Java Suite should just take right off. One wonders why Netscape didn't develop the Java Suite. The bottom line is, Netscape alone is responsible for their own destiny. It's a cop-out to say anything else.

To: Hal Rubel who wrote (7739)	5/20/1998 7:43:00 PM
From: Ramsey Su	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Hal, lets try this scenario. I want to buy a computer, from DELL, GTW, CPQ or Staples. Almost all vendors now give me a full menu. I can choose Pentium 200 300 400 or whatever. I can even find some AMDs. Now I want a hard disk. I have the same choices. I can even add an IOM zip or whatever accessories. When it comes to OS, I only have one choice unless I use apple, which will not work with many applications and will render my business use of the PC obsolete immediately. Since Netscape is free, I am going to ask DELL to put Netscape on the machine for me. What is DELL's answer and why? Michael Dell repeatedly said he delivers what the customers want. I find it hard to believe that there are not enough demand for Netscape. Does Dell offer a netscape option? Why doesn't CPQ offer a netscape option? Could it be that MSFT prevents them from doing so? I only have a 1 gig drive. Do I have an option of buying a simple OS that does not take up 10% of my disk space with garbage that I don't want but have no idea how to delete? B Gates keeps saying that he is delivering what the consumer wants. Well, I am a consumer who do not want what he is delivering but have no choice. Am I totally alone here? If I want to dump all my MSFT products, how am I going to conduct my business (which receive files from clients in the form of Word and Excel files)? Can someone offer some suggestions? Now if DOJ can prove that MSFT indeed forced the boxmakers to exclude netscape and other competing products, I think they have won the case. Come to think of it. If GTW, MUEI or DELL, as a business strategy, start offering netscape as an option on their full line, would that increase sales and satisfy more consumers? Do they have a choice? Ramsey