Although it is almost eliminated in rich countries, it's still one of the biggest killers worldwide. This is a very tough disease.
Although (the Y2K problem) is a terrible distraction and there will be some disruption, there has been a little bit of a windfall for some participants in the IT industry, ... below the middle of the panic (levels) some people have suggested.
There will be competitors for Microsoft and for Israeli companies coming out of those countries although today the success, particularly in India, has mostly been in the software services area, outsourcing work, doing call centers and things like that,