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

To: blankmind who wrote (17609)	3/10/1999 8:07:00 PM
From: t2	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

Microsoft is also setting up in China--read a couple of stories today. I will post at the bottom of my post if anyone is interested. Why give out free software? Why take little in profits from those ventures in China? Well I don't think they plan to make much money yet. There will be a lot of pirated software too ---for now this is common in Asia. Eventually, MSFT probably has plans to deal with this. In the meantime, get people hooked!!!! My opinion is that Bill Gates is THE MARKETING GENIUS. There is no comparison with this guy anywhere in the world. Get the world to accept MSFT as the standard whether they give out free software or not. Everyone gets used to Windows98; windows CE or Windows NT; Office etc..... These are user friendly products that one can learn. If I know Windows98, Windows CE will not be that hard to learn. This is the secret behind Microsoft----standardization and easy of training on new software. People don't like to learn new things once they are good at it. Going from one MSFT product to another is an efficient transition--the most cost effective from the corporation's perspective. In the case of the consumer, ease in learning from being familiar with common commands in different packages. So even if software is pirated now--in the "training or learning" phase, down the road there will BIG CASH!!! No wonder he travels to Asia so much!!! Just my opinions. cbs.marketwatch.com