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

To: Yaacov who wrote (11885)	10/28/1998 7:09:00 PM
From: Cory Gault	Respond to of 74651

Yes: MSFT gets split up into 3 companies that all through superior management and business acumen grow to the size of the current MSFT, and we all retire very wealthy....Except Toy who will continue to invest in Canadian penny stocks. CG

To: Yaacov who wrote (11885)	10/28/1998 8:18:00 PM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

What will happen? For starters, about 600 lawsuits from various companies illegally crushed by Microsoft. The stock price of all the second tier software companies go up massively in anticipation of the windfalls. What remedies the DOJ may impose on Microsoft-- well, I have no idea. I've heard things along the lines of publishing the Windows Source Code, or making Bill Gates call and ask the Feds permission every time he wipes his tush.

To: Yaacov who wrote (11885)	10/28/1998 8:38:00 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 74651

I am simply wondering what will happen if DOJ wins the case? The end of all life as we know it! (women and minorities will be most affected.)

To: Yaacov who wrote (11885)	10/28/1998 8:39:00 PM
From: Rusty Johnson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

They still have 90% of the desktop regardless ... a money machine. Breaking the company up might increase the value of MSFT stock. Bill's pride might be wounded. It may not be as much fun for him if he can't tell people what they want. I'd like to see legal contracts and a Netscape icon next to the Explorer icon so that consumers can decide which browser they want. Is that the end of the world? Is Bill scared to death of competition on a level playing field? Come on Bill. Chicken? BAAAWWK, bawk, bawk, bawk. What I'd like to know ... why the name change for NT? Sun announces Solaris 7, a 64 bit operating system and Redmond scrambles for a press release of its own? Sounds desperate. I'd get the word "Windows" out of the name. Marketing faux pas. Windows to many stands for "unreliable", "brittle", "mediocre" ... But any way you slice it ... it will be "Cash Cow 2000" for a few more years. How about "GATES'-way 2000"? It's an interesting soap opera but I couldn't care much less about the outcome as long as I don't have to use Windows and Explorer. Linux ROCKS! I've said it many times before ... JAVA, Jini, Linux, a web-centric world, an educated consumer ... pose a much bigger threat to Windows and Bill "Chicken Man" Gates than the DOJ. Best of luck.

To: Yaacov who wrote (11885)	11/1/1998 6:31:00 PM
From: Terror	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Hi Yaacov, Hopefully Microsoft will be victorious. If they loose it will crush the stock. I have heard concerns as to lightening up on position. My feeling is the opposite. Add on. The fact that the government did this to IBM and it took the wind out of its sails for a long time after. What are your thoughts. My latest buys have been DLX, STT, MYG, Time Warner. What have you been buying lately? Golfed today, beautiful fall day. Greens are lightening fast. Love them that way. Marcie Oh yea I got more CPQ Friday