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To: jmootx who wrote (71944)	3/13/2001 3:07:55 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) of 99985

Hi jmootx, 'accurately that most programming for dates go by YYYMMDD (1900 based)' For more recent software of the 90's I would concur, however in my experience I have many customers who were running software designed in the late 70's to mid 80's, small to medium businesses in construction, food manufacture etc... Admittedly some of this software 'looked' modern but that was often simply front end changes, leaving the underlying deficiencies intact. In many cases the cost to 'fix' old software was equal to or greater than a new certified 2000 package with added bells and whistles as a bonus. In the 70's and early 80's saving 2 bytes of storage per record was (believe it or not) a big deal hence 2 digit years. I made a LOT of money because this software simply did not function properly after 2000 :0) Not defending Greenspan here just giving a reality check to your Y2K sources. As far as the Latin American immigrants (or most immigrants for that matter) I heartily concur. regards Kastel

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