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

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (22144)	5/5/1999 2:21:00 PM
From: Teflon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Michelle, did you just see Gary Bloom from ORCL on CNBC? If so, what did you think of his interview? I am curious how Gary and ORCL have determined that Mondavi Vineyards is a "high tech" company, when he discussed some of the new clients that are adopting a new product he was promoting for ORCL? Teflon

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (22144)	5/5/1999 10:29:00 PM
From: Rusty Johnson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

You already use Linux ... Have you ever surfed the World Wide Web? Heard of HotMail? Did you see the movies "Titanic" and "The Matrix"? The OS doesn't matter to me. My next computer may be an Apple Powerbook. I just want one that doesn't crash or give me error messages. Linux has never given me an ounce of grief. I'm running XFree86 as a GUI right now on Linux and to me it looks just like Windows. When I upgrade to a newer version I'll probably use the KDE desktop. It looks just like the AIX desktop I use at work. kde.org Linux is extremely robust. The power comes from the open source model which gives individuals and companies the source code to modify as they see fit. Microsoft uses it for Hotmail. There are way too many flavors of Windows. You don't see 32-node clusters of Windows NT. Linux is so good ... people don't even know they're using it. And that's the true test of a great OS. Linux ... here today and here to stay. PCs on road to oblivion, technology pundit claims seattletimes.com And even the Redmond software giant is recognizing a switch to non-PC appliances. Microsoft has changed its core mission from providing a personal computer on every desktop in every home, Mossberg said, referring to the company's recent reorganization. The world's largest software maker has taken the computer out of its vision statement to focus on providing people with the power to let them do anything anywhere on the Internet, he said. "This business is ultimately not about the technology, it's not about computer, it's not about code," he said. "It's what you are delivering with that." Best of luck.