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

To: Martin Rasch who wrote (15246)	1/28/1999 4:29:00 PM
From: t2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Why not spin off MSN Internet Access (ISP) or MSN (portal). If MSFT is really a product company and not a service company, it makes sense to spin off at least MSN Internet Access which is a pretty big ISP. Why bother selling it when you can get a lot more holding about 40% stake and offering the rest to the public. Just look at AOL with its PE. ISP business could be worth a lot of cash. Should provide a pop to the stock. Not sure about the spin off the MSN portal, which could bring in a lot of money (probably more than the ISP). I still think MSN internet access will keep growing at a fast rate. Love the commercials. than AOL (