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To: Bargain Hunter who wrote (4598)	4/5/1999 6:18:00 AM
From: Codfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

Right on the money there Bargain. I would just add one more item here: "The key for this thread is to understand both the power and the limits of MSFT's monopoly. Many people regard them as a huge threat because they 'always win'." I don't see a Microsoft "win" in this space. My point from the beginning is that they are a player - good, bad or indifferent. How successful they will be is anybody's guess, but they will take some share. "Their best bet in the embedded space is with PC-like devices running WinCE where there is also a potential packaged software business." I think that is exactly where they are nosing in. How far they can push, time will tell. just one guy's opinion.... Bill C