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To: jbn3 who wrote (61520)	8/27/1998 3:50:00 PM
From: JRI	Respond to of 176387

Bachman- You are right about Russia....A recent article in the Wall Street Journal profiled a large increase in Russian visitors to the Cote d'Azur in France...Friends of mine who are working in Russia tell me you can not imagine the power of the mafia in that country...The sell-off of major assets to Russian insiders/oligopolies in the early and mid-1990's (all controlled partially or wholly by the mafia) was a poorly executed move by the Russian government....Today's WallStreet Journal has a great cover article on Russia's barter economy... BTW- Not to launch another thread discussion (argument) but, unfortunately, democracy is not always the best solution for (many) developing countries...Democracy + (Massive) Corruption= A very bad system.....Sometimes people aren't ready for full democracy (don't shoot me Freeus!)....I'll leave it at that... Also, today in the Wall Street Journal: Page B6, Technology Journal "Savvy Sofware for the Confused Computer Customer" <<PcOder (owned by Trilogy Software, Inc.) sells sofware that tries to resolve one of the thornier issues in selling computer over the Internet....In a recent training game played with some new recruits, Ms. Jones divided the new employees into small teams to represent companies in the PC industry. Manufacturers had to build inventories based on forecasts. Distributors and service firms handled orders and customers could ask for whatever they wanted.... For a few hours, chaos reigned as "customers" begged for PCs they couldn't get and "distributors" discounted products that no one wanted. Three hours into the game, Ms. Jones changed the rules and turned one of the manufacturers into Dell. Immediately, the customers rushed to buy exactly what they wanted straight from Dell.>> A simple example of how advantageous Dell's model continues to be... BTW- Today is overdone. Dell (so far) holding up great.