On 2/7/08, keith smith <klsmith2020@yahoo.com> 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.
  

  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.