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Matthew writes: In keeping with SlashNOT’s tradition of annual prognostication about the coming year, we are proud to present SlashNOT’s Predictions for 2005:

1. “On-Shoring” will be the hot new business practice after companies realize that they can save millions by employing who speak the same languages as their customers.
2. SCO will die. Nobody will notice until business park neighbors smell something.
3. Apple will introduce a Macintosh that costs less than an iPod.
4. Y0ur s1ster wi11 no l0n ger ha ve the p ain, or a 3 .25 % m0rt gage ratE.
5. IBM will acquire Sun, and then “open source” Sun CEO Scott McNeally.
6. Linux will fail to make significant gains on the desktop. Microsoft will spend millions to stop it.
7. Intel will stop talking about the Itanium processor, just the way Uncle Jerry stopped talking about Amway.
8. AMD will grow three shoe sizes in one year.
9. More money will be spent fighting spam than all other potted meats combined.
10. HP will succeed in trademarking the + symbol, and begin charging royalties for it’s use. (+ appears courtesy of HP).
11. Google will realize that it misspelled Googol.