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To: David O'Berry who wrote (26352)	3/30/1999 9:54:00 AM
From: Paul Fiondella	Read Replies (1) of 42771

I hadn't thought about that What if Windows CE or whatever they call it, the embedded OS they make for appliances had been out there in force for Y2K! A friend of mine distributes computerized energy control systems for factories and large buildings such as schools and apartment houses. These controls regulate chemical processes in chemical plants by temperature and sensor measurements, furnaces in factories, fans and air circulation systems. They are all based on Microsoft OS's and they all have to be replaced before Y2K. I think you are going to find school children in many parts of the country unable to go to school after jan 1st next year because of heating system failures. No just imagine if MSFT got into every appliance in your home. After the first major bug, you could just junk everything. Wouldn't that be great for the economy. We could replace everything just the way we "update" from one MSFT OS to another in hopes that the new OS or appliance will have the bug fixed. Anybody want a used refridgerator. All you have to do to fix it is burn a prom with the following instructions and weld it into ......

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