Hi Pete, I can't help but crow a little. After writing my previous message to you with its final para:
<<<< I think the next two or three years, particularly if there's a full-blown recession, are going to be fascinating for Microsoft-watchers. It might be yet another example, of which history is replete, that even the mightiest monopolies fail. >>>> I then turned to my morning papers to read that Enron now faces bankruptcy. This supplied 25% of energy in the US and was the largest supplier in Europe. It's not a monopoly to the same degree as Microsoft and, probably, its accounts were never sound from day 1, but nevertheless it's another example of the vulnerability of the largest corporations. Keith ___________________________________________________________________ Keith Hudson, Bath, England; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________________
