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

To: ToySoldier who wrote (22576)	5/12/1999 10:46:00 AM
From: Brad Rogers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Windows 2000: can anybody tell me when this new version of the Windows OS will be available for sale?

To: ToySoldier who wrote (22576)	5/12/1999 12:29:00 PM
From: KC~	Respond to of 74651

Toy Did you ever have a positive thought on MSFT ? Are you short the stock ? If not, why ?

To: ToySoldier who wrote (22576)	5/12/1999 12:33:00 PM
From: Alex Raytselsky	Respond to of 74651

The mistake Novell made, was releasing it too soon, while full of bugs, and few features to upgrade the existing base, and no one to take advantage of the features, ie partnerships, etc, that almost cost them the game...

To: ToySoldier who wrote (22576)	5/12/1999 6:15:00 PM
From: keithsha	Respond to of 74651

How do you explain that major NetWare customers such as Continental Airlines, Taco Bell, First Union Capital Markets, etc. have switched from NetWare to NT if NDS is so great? How do you explain that NT has over 1000 REAL applications (ERP, Accounting, Banking, Healthcare, etc.) integrated with it's domain based directory (security, logging, performance monitoring, etc.) and NDS while around for 8 years has a just a few dozen? How do explain the NetWare proprietary approach when I have to put Novell code on every platform for interoperability while NT provides native interop with no code additions to foreign platforms? How do you explain that Novell will continue to subject their customers to transitional pain as the DS database is ripped out (NDSv8), the application architecture is replaced(JVM and Websphere) and even the current OS kernel is trashed (modesto) while Win2000 will continue to run NT apps with a DS database that has been in large scale production use at locations such as NATO and the US defense messaging system (over 600K users)? How do explain the value proposition for NetWare when all it can do is manage lan users and access to file and print when NT can be the single point of administration for a large portion of a businesses applications as well as lan, internet, and host access? Please base your posts on something more than hyperbole and that bad, this good babble. keithsha