Predicted value of worldwide electronic commerce revenues by the year 2000s1]: 200 billion ECUs (more than IR£149 billion)
Intel's revenues for its latest fiscal quarter $6.0 billion, up 29% on last year Sun Microsystems' revenues for the quarter $2.54 billion, up 26% Microsoft's revenues for the quarter $3.18 billion, up 41% on last year Estimated net worth of Microsoft's Bill Gates $36.4 billion, making him the richest businessman in the world for the third year running.
Sources: 1 The Global Information Networks Ministerial Conference in Bonn earlier this month; 2 Intel; 3 Sun; 4 Microsoft; 5 Forbes.