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EXHIBIT 23.5
[IDC LETTERHEAD APPEARS HERE]
August 3, 2000
Credit Suisse First Boston
2400 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Credit Suisse First Boston has permission to use the following statistics as
stated below.
"Conducting business over the Internet, often referred to as eBusiness, is
fundamentally changing the methods by which, and the speed at which,
businesses and individuals communicate and conduct commerce. IDC estimates
that worldwide inter-company trade of goods and services over the Internet, or
business-to-business e-commerce, will grow from $44 billion in 1998 to
approximately $1.5 trillion in 2003.
Source: IDC, Internet Commerce Market Model v6.3, 2000
"Companies have invested heavily in enterprise resource planning and knowledge
management applications, as well as electronic data interchange technologies.
Based on data from IDC, in 1999 alone, approximately $153 billion was invested
worldwide on tools, applications and systems infrastructure software.
Source: IDC, report 20161
Sincerely,
/s/ Alexa McCloughan
Alexa McCloughan
Senior Vice President
