3 Stocks I Hate to Love
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| But times, they are a-changing. These stocks I once hated are starting to
| look pretty good.
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| Rooting against Mr. Softy is easy. You can be a fan of the ubiquitous
| class of Apple Computer or lean on free, open-architecture operating
| software like Linux. Microsoft's Windows is still the most popular
| operating system, but even a good chunk of that base probably wouldn't
| mind giving Microsoft a mouthful over the buggy, virus-prone nature
| of Windows.
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| Maybe it's the way Microsoft has gone after smaller players in the past,
| taking advantage of its operating-system stronghold to shoehorn as many
| other applications as possible into systems. Until recently, Microsoft was
| a bully. However, the company seems mortal these days. Despite beating
| rivals to the punch in rolling out its next-generation video game
| console, the Xbox 360 is still a distant second to the PlayStation
| franchise. And while it may have the most-used browser, it's currently
| in contention for the bronze medal in the paid search race (wheret
| he dot-com gravy lies).
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http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2006/commentary06082303.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y
"Until recently, Microsoft was a bully" should be "Microsoft will always be a
bully". He also does not mention that it's Microsoft that's artificially
inflating the value of the stock, out of fear.
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