What's Inside

OPINION

• Washington squares off against the Microsoft machine.

HYPERTEXT

• Our a la carte menu of hot news, predictions and amusements.

INSIDE WASHINGTON

• Congress debates whether to give databases new legal protections against theft or misuse.

• Senate pushes for more civilian R&D spending.

TECH BUSINESS

• Gelco Government's Travel Manager scores big.

• Hughes Data Systems maps a growth plan.

• WALL STREET REVIEW

• INFOTECH and THE LAW
  The bait-and-switch pitfall.

• CHANNEL NEWS

• INTERNET 201
  The Direct Marketing Association's Web site helps businesses prepare a privacy policy.

STATE & LOCAL

• Pennsylvania's CIO, Larry Olson, discusses the year 2000 and where the state stands.

• States and cities split over online taxes.

• GUEST COMMENTARY
  Should the feds help big IT companies penetrate state and local governments?

NETPLEX

• Netherlands-based Baan Co. will move its Americas division and possibly its headquarters to a new site in Loudoun County, Va.

• Software market shakeout may make Excalibur Technologies emerge on top.

CLARIFICATION

The front-page story in the Oct. 23 issue, "Covering Your Assests,"should have emphasized that the vendors' year 2000 responsibilities are dictated by contract terms and reasonable expectations of the buyer and seller. In the same issue, WT misstated the use of proceeds for a failed public offering by e-Net Inc. of Germantown, MD. Half of the proceeds were to be used as compensation of future employees in addition to the current employees.

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