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

To: Brian Malloy who wrote (19246)	3/30/1999 2:06:00 AM
From: RTev	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

IBM didn't punk out and fought the good fight for a decade, and the feds didn't achieve their ends. And they virtually destroyed their company in the process. Consider this: the market cap of IBM today is a bit less than $160 billion. The market cap of the former Bell System companies (the folks who "punked out" as you say) is a bit less than $500 billion. IBM's most recent dividend was 88 cents. The combined dividend of the Bell System companies was $6.80. Now, once again... Who took the wiser strategy?