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To: MSB who wrote (73793)	2/3/2000 12:39:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

I am mainly thinking of the application to business productivity and the reduction of costs. In more than one small corporation that I am aware of, they have not yet come to grips fully with state of the art upgrades, and are still grappling with applicability. It is amazing how many places that one might expect to have websites do not, or have wholly inadequate sites. The increase in telecommunications applications will, in my opinion, eventually make many costs close to nil. E- mail is reducing certain kinds of mailing costs, as are faxes, and now there are several free systems through which to engage in voice chats, and eliminate long- distance costs. Many companies are reducing staff, sometimes too much, because it is so comparatively easy for executives to accomplish tasks at their work stations. On the other hand, there is an increasing premium placed on computer skills on the part of the "pink collar" workforce. Of course, it is inherently difficult to predict where it will all lead, but the future looks promising. PC penetration is still comparatively low in many parts of the industrialized world, and participation in the World Wide Web is very uneven. In high penetration areas, like DC, there is far more office use than home use, and e- commerce is in its infancy. Altogether, there is still plenty of room to develop from the already known or foreseen for quite awhile.....