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

To: ToySoldier who wrote (17393)	3/8/1999 10:43:00 AM
From: Jill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

It is truly weird--every thread is like a society, and every thread on a gorilla/successful stock must have at least a few determined hecklers. Like the jesters in a stageplay except a little meaner. They enjoy whatever hackled they can raise. It has little to do with making $ (even if they're short--its unlikely they can influence behemoths like Dell or Msft by their little posts, even on SI). What's fascinating is the roles are so rigidly defined and these hecklers inevitably show up--kind of like hyenas, with shrill voices, and they're the same on every thread. This is not to start a dialogue--it's my only post on this topic.

To: ToySoldier who wrote (17393)	3/8/1999 10:50:00 AM
From: t2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Toy, It is simple. Risk vs. Reward. I don't see the same risk for Microsoft that I do for Novell and other small and big tech stocks. Even with all this negative PR-- and that the competition is out to "get" MSFT, I am still picking this as my only true choice for a stock pick. I think I would prefer to just buy the index if there was no Microsoft and to a lesser extent Intel. Even if MSFT does not move like Novell, I play options on the stock, realizing that as we approach earnings a lot of momentum investors will jump abroad realizing that MSFT is going to blow out the quarter again. Whether it blows out the quarter or not really does not matter to someone who riding April options (they expire before earnings release---based upon MSFT tentative release date). That is why I would buy call options on a conservative stock rather than spend money on a somewhat speculative stock. In my opinion the options are closer to being a sure thing compared a stock purchase of Novell (just as an example).

To: ToySoldier who wrote (17393)	3/8/1999 11:48:00 AM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Toy, Since you don't invest, I don't expect you to understand, but...NOVL is, over a 5 year timeframe, a speculative stock. A trader may make some money with NOVL by taking advantage of a momentum or a volatility play. (NOVL is both, imo.) MSFT is a investment. In five years, I will make money, just as I have during the last six years. If I was a trader, I would trade NOVL. I am not a trader. I am an investor. (But a person with your very limited experience, may not understand that.) BTW, are you still investing your most precious professional commodity (time) as a Novell engineer? What will you do after you turn 40?