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

To: Gary105 who wrote (7931)	5/24/1998 6:57:00 AM
From: dumbmoney	Respond to of 74651

1. Re. Blumenthal - he is not a person trying to make a name for himself. He already has made a name for himself and is very well respected. If anything he is putting his reputation on the line by taking on this case - there is more risk to him than reward, so this is obviously something he believes in only after considerable deliberation. Well, I think it's more risky at this point to step in front of the anti-Microsoft freight train then jump on board. The really scary thing is that the future of high-tech is going to be decided by people with no technical expertise - indeed, by people who by and large dislike technology. These people could destroy the industry out of pure ignorance. (Lest you think I exagerrate, keep in mind that this case goes much farther than Microsoft. If Microsoft can't add stuff to the OS, then Intel can't add stuff to the CPU, etc). Let's put Bill Gates and Joel Klein in a room and assign them a programming task. The winner can decide where the industry should go. My money's on Gates. :)