I guess if you keep up with the exchange rate and make account for it in your contract you will be okay. We are in a global economy! Charles Jones wrote: Joshua Zeidner wrote: On 2/7/08, keith smith wrote: A weaker dollar is not always a bad thing. With a weaker dollar our goods and services are more globally affordable. actually for folks like us a weak dollar is the greatest news we can get. Weak Dollar = outsourcing no longer financially viable. Also, all companies commited to platforms and organizations tied into outsourcing, specifically in India : costs++; . Generally as the dollar weakens, companies will look more and more towards extremely cheap and cost effective platforms = LINUX + OSS. What if companies start wanting to pay contract rates in Euros? :) http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0655798320080206 re. cut cables: I don't think that they would do this to effect the oil trade in the long term. It seems to be more of a short term tactical move of some sort, which to me is cause for alarm. Yes definitely short term, since the cables should all be able to be repaired within a few weeks. What are reasons to cut a countries communication lines? None of them bode well. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss ------------------------ Keith Smith (520) 207-9877 PHP Programmer --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.