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

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (9508)	7/21/1998 8:21:00 AM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Uncle Frank, Did this outstanding optimistic forcast come to you in a vision or do you have any claims to back up this $150 and split prediction? I would agree with Tom. In fact I think a slow staggering slide will begin as we get closer to the DOJ case in September and as MSFT investors / Wall Street see that the Win98 sales will now begin to decline much more rapidly than the Win95 sales trend posted. The Win98 problems are poping out all over the industry press and this will further slow down retail sales. The reasons that MSFT's stock has spiked to this price in the first place is because of the WIN98 release hype and the pre-earnings hysteria that always seems to occur. Now that both are finished with, Tom's prediction should begin to take hold (until the next earnings date). Sorry Tom, I thought I might give a couple reasons for the drop in MSFT stock. Now its your turn Frankie Toy

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (9508)	7/21/1998 8:36:00 AM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Another article that further solidifies my prediction that NT5 sales will be a no-show until well into 2000 causing MSFT stock price to sag. zdnet.com A couple of paragraphs in the article to take note of.... "Major upgrades are also being bumped off the front burner. Gartner Group Inc. recently issued a report advising customers to wait until after the year 2000 to deploy Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT 5.0 upgrade. Gartner, based in Stamford, Conn., cited the need to devote more company resources to Y2K compliance efforts as well as the ongoing delay of the final version of the operating system, which now is expected in mid-1999. Supporting Gartner's recommendation is the fact that Microsoft itself still hasn't finished Y2K testing on many of its own products, including NT. Many companies are heeding the warnings. IT officials at Cinergy Corp., a Cincinnati-based public utility, recently decided to skip Windows 98 deployment and wait for NT 5.0, but Y2K efforts take priority. "We won't be severely impacted if we don't upgrade to NT 5 [right away]," said Mike Nacke, systems administrator at Cinergy." But of course you all dont think the Y2K thing is a big issue for an untouchable company like MSFT. Toy