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To: Rarebird who wrote (28733)	8/6/1999 8:39:00 AM
From: vip	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

08:30 JULY RETAIL PAYROLLS UP 91,000. 08:30 JULY FACTORY OVERTIME UP 6 MINUTES TO 4.8 HOURS. 08:30 JULY MANUFACTURING WORKWEEK UP 12 MINUTES TO 41.9 HOURS. 08:30 JULY AVERAGE WORKWEEK REMAINS 34.5 HOURS. 08:30 JULY SERVICE-PRODUCING PAYROLLS UP 260,000. 08:29 STRONG JOBS REPORT MAKES FED RATE HIKE MORE LIKELY. 08:29 JULY HOURLY WAGES RISE 0.5%, FAR HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. 08:29 JULY MANUFACTURING PAYROLLS UP 31,000, FIRST GAIN SINCE END OF GM STRIKE. 08:29 JULY JOBLESS RATE REMAINS 4.3%. 08:29 JULY PAYROLLS GAIN 310,000, FAR HIGHER THAN EXPECTED.

To: Rarebird who wrote (28733)	8/6/1999 9:26:00 AM
From: Jay Rommel	Respond to of 41369

Check out this piece: Tuesday, Microsoft began testing a Windows 2000 site that challenges beta testers to find and exploit potential security holes or vulnerabilities in a server running the company's forthcoming operating system. Expected to launch by the end of this year, Windows 2000 is the company's most secure and stable operating system yet, Microsoft says. Naturally, the site had drawn the attention of a number of would-be crackers But before anyone could get a crack at it, the site came down on all on its own, and has remained hard to reach. news.com It's things like this about MSFT products that makes me chuckle everytime ... WIN3.x crashes, WIN9x ditto, WIN NT 3.xx, WIN NT 4.0, WIN 2000, Hotmail, MSN, etc ... How does MSFT expect anyone to flock over their free ISP when users can't even boot their PC and MSFT can't keep their site up??? I fully expect all the salaries of MCSE(s) MCP(s) to increase as companies upgrade to WIN 2000 <g> ... I'm sure I'll be getting Overtime helping MSFT debug WIN 2000.