Summary of recommendations

• Conserve cash.
• Defer stock buyback until lower prices.
• Avoid real estate purchases.
• Implement currency diversification for cash portfolio.
• Continue internationalisation of products and operations.
• Limit near-term growth plans.
• Prepare contingency plans for disruption of distribution channels.
• Consider recommending hardware and software migration path for AutoCAD customers.
• Implement AutoCAD Release 11 for Microsoft Windows 3.0 as soon as possible.
• Cautiously explore AutoCAD source licensing through a low-risk pilot program.
• Estimate mainstream computer configurations in the 1995 period and begin to plan products around them.