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CeBIT numbers in steep decline

The numbers are thin, indeed

Conference organisers are denying it but the evidence on the ground at what the German organisers call the biggest computer show on Earth seems to confirm it. Every hall in the show was visited by less people than last year and now CeBIT has the look of Comdex last autumn, which also showed a decline. The organisers refuse to comment until their initial day of trading is properly counted. ®

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