Anonymous  +  320603 Sat, 27 Jan 07 09:47 AM Dear friends,   (Left., until now, to odd, low-level IT staff to put right, and seen as a concern only of data-rich industries such as banking, telecoms and air travel, information protection is now high on the boss’s agenda in businesses of every variety.)   According to my understanding, the author first mention that information protection is only a concern of data-rich industries until now. "Until now" includes "now", right? But why does the author later says that  now information protection is a big concern of all kinds of businesses? They are contradictory.   A million thanks.     Anonymous

	nona the brit  +  320605 Sat, 27 Jan 07 10:15 AM until now means 'before now'. It doesn't include 'now' this moment. Until now - until this point in time. Now - at this point in time. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Marius Hancu  +  321604 Mon, 29 Jan 07 07:48 PM odd here: randomly chosen, with no real preparation, haphazard, even poor, chosen by chance Marius Hancu