The greatest risk of all is to do nothing. Very soon Intel is expected to cut prices on their slower Pentium 4 processors which will mean cheaper prices for those wanting to buy new PC's using those chips. Intel is expected to announce the bargain basement prices within the next week or so. Intel is also planning on spending 500 million to promote their new chip. By early summer we should have a real buyers market for new PC's.
Every exit is an entry somewhere.
The term seems to have originated from a Monty Python sketch set in a cafe that serves nothing but the canned, processed meat, called Spam. In the skit there is a table of Vikings singing, spam, spam, spam, spam, lovely spam. While the skit does arouse laughter, the receiving of spam e-mail usually does not do the same for our demeanor. Most e-mail browsers or accounts allow a person to use blocking or filtering mechanisms which send junk mail directly to the trash bin. Professional spammers use sophisticated software that actually spiders the Internet gleaning e-mail addresses from Web sites.