John Gantz
John Gantz
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More important than this temporary alignment is the fact that the indicators are going in the same direction and have been doing so for several months. The Katrina period seems to have been the low point and we interpret the trend as the slow accommodation to the reality of higher oil prices. We also like seeing user expectations in line with vendor revenue forecasts.
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The respondents in this month's poll were quite bullish.
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I think A lot of small businesses can go home on Friday night and come back to work on Monday and worry about it then, and a lot of large companies can't.
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In some really small businesses, it may be that your only computer guy will have to come in. Paying overtime for those people is a little more of a burden on the small company.