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To: rudedog who wrote (162169)	10/16/2000 1:03:43 PM
From: GVTucker	Respond to of 176387

rudedog, RE: One of the big direct marketers I worked with did a trial run of their delivery system with the tax program on and off. The program required more than 30% longer to run with the tax stuff on. At their present run rate, that process currently runs from close of business the day before shipments are scheduled, until about 30 minutes before start of the next business day. They felt that they would need to nearly double their computer horsepower to have an acceptable run time if they enabled the tax program, a cost of several million - so they decided to cross that bridge when they come to it. Sounds like you've got a better handle than I do on this issue. Thanks.