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To: stan_hughes who wrote (58826)	5/6/2002 6:29:12 PM
From: Louis V. Lambrecht	Respond to of 100058

stan - still in the aftermath of Y2K no one of the big shots seem to have expected. By Y2K (only 27 month away) almost all hardware has been replaced by Y2K compliant systems. Middleware on mini-mainframes take some 3 years time to implement. Sometimes with a complete re-organization of business processes. For my part, we were negociating the plumbing (trunk cables and basic hubs) as soon as 1994 and installing 1995. Copper, but most in fiber. IMHO corporate has efficient framework for several other years. As middleware had to be installed with the FY Y2K budgets, many systems were not working properly. There, I fully agree with you, knowledge and support had to come in-house. I wouldn't compare IBM to MSFT or INTC. IBM in competing with GE for the largest amount of patents. If the CFO's clean the books (at GE and at IBM) fast before SEC subponeas, there still is value there. But they both must also put a visionary CEO in place. The heirs are just wasting the inheritance.<ng> Who would have dreamed to buy IBM @ $4? or MSFT @ $1? Sometimes, dreams come true. ROFL.