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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Christine Traut who wrote (9065)	11/2/1999 12:51:00 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

How many people are going to do this? How many small businesses are going to do this? How many people even realize that they have to do this? You might add, "how many people would be able to do this?" You and your family are fortunate that you can. Personally, I could but I won't. I prefer to arrive at Y2K with my sanity intact. At the risk of freaking everyone out, I'll admit to taking the fix-on-failure approach with my PC. I wish you patience and fortitude in your ordeal... Karen

To: Christine Traut who wrote (9065)	11/2/1999 1:26:00 PM
From: David Eddy	Respond to of 9818

Christine - How many people are going to do this? How many small businesses are going to do this? How many people even realize that they have to do this? And - yes - buying a new PC might help a little - but you are still going to have to go through many of these steps. Other than the glancing discussion of Sidekick (there's an oldie!), I saw minimal discussion in your excellent post about the applications. While it is slightly hairsplitting to bring this up, but MightySoft doesn't make applications (like accounting packages), they make tools... database, word processors, compiliers, spreadsheets. I'd assume that 99.9% of folks who use a computer have no idea that the accounting package they run isn't written by Microsoft... after all, when the machine fires up, there's the Windoz logo staring you in the face. In the physical world people can actually tell the difference between a truck & a bicycle... not so easy in cyberspace. In the physical world there are pretty clear lines where one thing ends & another begins... not so clear in cyberspace. FACT... there's a directory of desktop (Unix, Mac, Tandy, Commodore, MightySoft) products... it lists 3000+ vendors and 21,000 products, largely business & accounting applications. Obviously doesn't list the custom stuff that cousin Harry wrote for Dad's machine shop when Harry was learning to program in dBase II. So who's gonna fix that dBase II database application that's still happily chugging along on DOS 5.0 on a dual floppy 286 PC that 100% paid for? - David

To: Christine Traut who wrote (9065)	11/2/1999 4:47:00 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

How old is a Dell Dimension P90?

To: Christine Traut who wrote (9065)	11/2/1999 7:47:00 PM
From: daffodil	Respond to of 9818

Christine, thanks for your outstanding post! You simply couldn't have said it better: >>How many people are going to do this? How many small businesses are going to do this? How many people even realize that they have to do this?<< The whole check-and-patch thing is not easy. In fact, even if you're pretty computer-savvy, it's difficult. But how many people will even try to do it in advance? How many will cross their fingers and wait till the champagne dregs are drying in the glasses to realize that their computers don't work and that they're going to be on hold for 6 hours to connect with a tech support person ? How many will realize that, as soon as you're off the line with one tech support person, you'll have to call another for the next problem? How long will it take small and large businesses alike to figure out that the problem is real and the fix isn't easy? That, in fact, it's not one fix, it's perhaps a dozen or more per computer? How long will it take for all of these problems small and large to roll through the economy and affect our work and daily lives? You've done a lot of good with your post...thanks! }=>-------->>>>