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To: taxikid who wrote (1860)	6/24/1997 2:34:00 PM
From: ItsAllCyclical	of 4571

Here's another article worth reading about EDS's y2k efforts. techweb.com In particular look at the snipet below... **** David Jones, president and chief executive of Reasoning, said in benchmarks Reasoning/2000 enabled a single programmer to analyze and remediate more than 100,000 lines of Cobol code in a 40-hour period. He said analysts estimate that programmers using first-generation tools can convert only 200,000 to 400,000 lines of code per year. **** This is why I believe the estimate of 300-600 billion will be reduced: new efficiencies of technology. At 100,000/40 hrs is 2,500 lines per hour. Even at a rate of $250/hour which is high, this would be .10 cents per line of code. The original estimate of 300-600 billion assumed close to $1 per line of code. The tools have improved this much is 6 months. The efficiencies are only going to get better. I'm not stubborn, I'd go long if I thought the fundamentals would be there... Jim

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