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To: Maurice H. Norcott who wrote (40478)	10/30/1998 7:40:00 PM
From: Maurice H. Norcott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574091

2000 to be a lousy year ? "A spending surge will boost PC sales next year as companies replace old equipment that could fail due to the Year 2000 bug, but after that the market will slow and then stall, halting 17 years of industry growth and leading to lower PC prices, according to Forrester Research." pcworld.com

To: Maurice H. Norcott who wrote (40478)	10/30/1998 8:56:00 PM
From: Brian Hutcheson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574091

Hi Maurice , re. upgrading everything I agree . I have been doing some consulting work assisting small businesses to become Y2K compliant what I am advising the clients is any hardware over 2 yrs old is better to replace than try to modify . That way they upgrade hardware , O/S and get a PC that has some HD space , memory , CD-Rom and modem at a faster speed . Also in Canada (probably the same in the U.S.) the government has recognised the need for tax relief so are giving small - medium businesses a tax break valued up to $50,000 for Y2K upgrades . I posted a viewpoint earlier this month that this would give a real boost to PCs and Semiconductor business starting this quarter . The Y2K problem starts to really kick in on April 1st 99 as that is beginning of Fy 2000 in Canada and Japan , maybe U.S. too ? Brian