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

To: ToySoldier who wrote (12594)	11/25/1998 12:48:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Respond to of 74651

If that were the issue I would be more burned that I didnt break my rule and invest in NOVL back in March. I would have received a MUCH larger ROI than saggin my cash into MSFT. There you go again! MSFT sucks because some other stocks did better. Go invest all your money in EBAY then. You would have received a MUCH larger ROI than saggin your cash into NOVL. The only thing that disappoints me is that you all spend more time trying to figure me out (and insult me) that you rarely discussion the issue at hand - MSFT! Because all you do (and have done for the last 50 points) is tell us over and over how bad MSFT, tell us how because of this or that contract win by a competitor MSFT's days are numbered and they're going to be crushed, and continually post news stories that we all see on the news wires anyway. Just face it - I enjoy industry discussion debates and the fact that I can play the role of contrarian on a company as "evil" as MSFT, all the better. (I thought you would like me throwing that "evil" work in). So you admit that the only reason you do this is to stir the shit. What a noble cause. Just like stockman and jach on CSCO. NVA. Why dont you focus on bringin up some great positive reasons why an investor should invest in MSFT? Tell me the main reasons why investors should not be nervous about the DOJ trial, the NT5 Major delays, the Y2K issues, the NSCP/AOL/SUNW merger, the Java monster eventually destroying the precious MSFT desktop monoploy, etc. Because in the long run most of these are just noise. MSFT has been faced with a variety of challenges in the past, including anti-trust actions, and has always adapted to what was required to remain the leader. That's why I as a shareholder pay MSFT management their salaries. I'll continue to pay them until they stop performing. If they can't figure out a way to adapt to Java then I'll fire them by selling my stock. Should a MSFT shareholder have sold when Netscape and Sun first announced the Java platform that was going to "kill Microsoft?" He would have missed a hell of a run. Should he have sold when Quarterdeck came out with DESQview/X, which was better than Windows 3.0? Should he have sold when MSFT was forced to enter into the consent decree? Hell, I just wish that I bought MSFT years ago instead of last January 21. Instead I listened to naysayers talking about how the price was too high, how the software was always inferior, how their competitors would eventually eat their lunch, how the anti-trust litigation would ruin their market share. Since I listened to all those morons I only have a 78% gain over 10 months instead of xx00% gains over a few years. Now you're telling me that I should listen to you singing the same song with a different tune?