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

To: t2 who wrote (13738)	1/4/1999 3:10:00 AM
From: Xenogenetic	Respond to of 74651

ED, If the AOL on-line service had a lot of problems recently, I would tend to agree with you - only in the long term. Unfortunately I don't know how good they are because US and Canadian services are probably were different. Since MSFT is really interested in E commerce, they will not charge more than AOL (as in the past - i think that was the case). Now they are focussing on service but at some point, we may see very aggressive pricing from MSFT. They really CAN afford to lose money in the on line business in the short term. I am not sure if AOL's stock can withstand such an onslaught whether it is MSFT or another ISP. I think MSFT is not aggressive at this point because they want to win the DOJ case first. If they win -- the potential negative publicity won't be there to stop them from being very aggressive. I believe Bill Gates is the smartest businessman out there. The way he wiped out IBM in operating systems, spreadsheets -- Corel in word processing software ....etc. -- is just amazing. It was a small company back then - taking on a computer giant IBM. You can't bet against this guy. Tech(itm?)2000: I totally agree. When I first saw these new MSN ads before the new year I asked myself 'why are they still pushing this flop'? Once I realized what's brewing in Gates' mind...a big smile formed. This will be a good fight. The richest man in the US needs a challenge, and that's exactly what he's got with AOL. Who needs Tyson VS Holyfield, we have ourselves a heavyweight fight right here. C'mon Billy, take a bite out of Case's chin!!! I see the MSN commercial alot on MSNBC (having a piece of the network looks like its paying off). Hopefully the MSNBC channel positioning will improve (my cable op has it placed on channel 47) to somewhere in the the 10s along side with the big boys. It was also on during the playoff games this past weekend. Very schrewd. It is also true that Gates has a very impressive track record. Its such easy money with MSFT. A no brainer. A person has to have a strong stomach to bet against 'em. That's why I feel so comfortable having almost all my pickles in the MSFT barrel.