jawd and all don't know if you read this yet:
Total spending by individuals and businesses, on products and
services related to the Internet, will total $124 billion this year,
soaring to over half a trillion dollars in 2002, according to research
published by International Data Group's new trade magazine,
Industry Standard. The research predicts by 2002 U.S. businesses
will spend over $200 billion on Internet technology deployment, 20
percent of all spending on technology. Spending in areas not
related to technology -- such as content creation, marketing and
sales, and professional services -- will grow even faster, to more
than $300 billion in 2002...
Gates sees explosive PC growth
In his keynote speech at the event launching the Windows 98
operating system, Microsoft (MSFT) chairman and CEO Bill Gates
predicted that 60 percent of all U.S. homes will have a PC in the
year 2001 and 85 percent of those homes will be connected to
the Internet. In a live broadcast to more than 60,000 participants
nationwide, Gates cited the availability of sub-$1,000 PCs,
increased public network bandwidth and the introduction of
Windows 98 as key factors that will contribute to an increase in
the PC category. "The PC and the Internet will become as
fundamental tomorrow as the automobile is today," Gates said.
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