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

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (14127)	1/11/1999 8:18:00 AM
From: J. P.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

<<and think it is the most creative, socially conscious, and competitor nurturing company in the world. If it were up to me, I'd give Mr. Softee and his team medals.>> Since when has it become incumbent on a software company to nurture it's competitors? (I'm assuming your post was written with sarcasm). I'm in the software business myself, and believe me, our competitors are ready to steal our customers, and they won't cry any tears of sorrow if we went out of business. Microsoft has built themselves a powerhouse, and they play bare knuckles business. So What? Build a better product, and somehow be more clever. I don't see Scott McNeally and Larry Ellison or Orrin Hatch living under a bridge in a cardboard box because Microsoft stole their potential to succeed.