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To: Bill Wexler who wrote (437)1/10/1998 9:40:00 PM
From: David Eddy   of 1361
 
Bill -

Meanwhile, out in Silicon Valley this issue is just being addressed calmly as any other software maintenance issue. No panic No hysteria. No big failures. Nothing.

For small systems where the answer is often 'simply' upgrading to the newest vendor package, then perhaps Y2K is maintenance as usual.

However I will not conceed that Y2K is 'just like maintenance, only bigger.' Software maintenance is a four letter word in 99% of the shops I've ever heard of. Somehow I don't believe the Silicon Valley C++ jocks who believe 'software engineer' is a legitimate job title have altered the fundamental programming value system... "Smart people write new code. Retards maintain old code."

I've got a question... ever met someone who carries the job title of: "Senior Vice President of Software Maintenance?"

You do bring up an interesting point... there is a fundamentally different viewpoint/experience of the world in the Valley from the East. The East is the bastion of IBM & big companies. No question that the Valley & small boxes have won the marketing war... but the world's heart beat is not Unix workstations.

I forget... have you ever earned your living as a programmer in a corporate setting?

- David
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