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To: Dale Baker who wrote (13945)	1/4/2000 3:50:00 AM
From: johnsto1	Respond to of 118717

INPR in Tuesdays W.S.J Inprise to Release Beta of Linux Software Inprise Corp., a Scotts Valley, Calif., software developer that announced a Linux-related collaboration in December, is releasing the beta version of its InterBase 6 database on its Web site. The company said Monday that InterBase 6, the new version of its SQL database, will be released in early 2000 in open-source form for multiple platforms, including Linux, Windows NT, and Solaris. Inprise shares closed Monday up $2.875, or 26%, at $13.938 on Nasdaq market volume of 3.8 million shares. Average daily volume is 2.9 million shares.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (13945)	1/4/2000 6:55:00 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 118717

Was Y2K money wasted? Nope. "Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America, said questions of excessive spending were inevitable given the remarkably few reports of problems. ''I don't believe it was hype,'' Miller said. ''It was a real problem. So many people worked so hard to solve the problem, we should see this as a sign of success, not cynicism.'' Bruce McConnell, head of the United Nations group monitoring Y2K failures overseas, agreed. He called the estimated $200 billion costs worldwide a ''responsible and measured approach.'' Koskinen said the great Y2K battle will pay dividends for years to come. The government discovered that one in every five of its computer systems was outdated or redundant and could be scrapped. Other computers were exchanged ahead of schedule with faster, more productive ones. ''History will show that the glitches that continue to come out will continue to remind people that those are glitches today that would have made major system failures,'' Koskinen said.