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title: "Promising Outlook"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/12/20/promising-outlook.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/12/20/promising-outlook.html"
published: "2003-12-20T18:47:00"
updated: "2003-12-20T18:47:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Scott Hanselman sends word of a cool new research into email conversations"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Promising Outlook

By Roy Osherove December 20, 2003 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published December 20, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

[Scott Hanselman](http://www.hanselman.com/blog/) sends word of a cool new research into [email conversations](http://www.hanselman.com/blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=de3f5c09-7fa6-4ec6-817f-25901af7db32)

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