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

To: J Krnjeu who wrote (19042)	3/27/1999 8:00:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

That would probably be Battelle. They have a page here: battelle.org I don't find a link to the study you mention, however. Although it has nothing to do with anything, it's a bit of interesting trivia that one of Battelle's research centers is located just a few blocks from the house where Bill Gates grew up in Seattle's Laurelhurst neighborhood.

To: J Krnjeu who wrote (19042)	3/27/1999 10:18:00 PM
From: t2	Respond to of 74651

Low prices and mass marketing is MSFT's strategy when it enters a new market. Unlike companies like Lotus (lotus123 spreadsheet) and Corel (Wordperfect), Microsoft's quickly got wide distribution of its products and made them the standards in the industry. I believe the consumer fell in love with the company as it made the computer experience more rewarding through ease of usage. That is why I thought MSFT nor the government realized that this TRUST had developed between the user and MSFT. It was not just superior products as MSFT improved software in stages. I think Microsoft just did not understand this love or trust and took a tough position unnecessarily. No amount of concessions by MSFT could have helped rival products IMHO. Now maybe if some of that trust gets broken, it might---but is still unlikely.