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

To: t2 who wrote (19249)	3/29/1999 11:11:00 PM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

If Linux has legs, and it seems to, then MSFT will be able to define the niche for Linux by writing apps for that platform before others do. For example, MS SQL Server for Linux. There is a lot more money in SQL Server license than there is for NT or W2K. If Linux is a good server platform, why not corner the RDBMS market for the box. The alternative is to risk someone else successfully creating the de facto RDBMS for Linux. Another option is for MSFT to take the Linux code and create its own extensions for a new version of Linux from MSFT. In effect that is excactly what MSFT did with Netscape. This is all pretty crazy, but not really that far-fetched.

To: t2 who wrote (19249)	3/30/1999 1:41:00 AM
From: ed	Respond to of 74651

Well, why not, writing application programs for Linux. It is a perfect idea. People like window not because they like Window OS, but because there are so many application programs be available under the window environment . One copy of win98 sold for $49, but the office 2k sold for $500. So, if Microsoft wrote application programs for Linux, it will make more money . By having Microsoft office 2k be available for Linux, people will use Linux , not because of Linux OS, but the availability of the application programs. Then , Microsoft will be in a better position to control Linux, you must follow my standard of the application programs, or my programs can't be run on your OS. Microsoft should not only write application programs for Linux, but also the OS from other competitors, but all in all, window will still be the major player in OS in the years to come. To write application programs for other OS will just increase the revenues and profit for Microsoft, not a bad idea.