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To: Staff who wrote (3483)	11/5/1997 12:00:00 PM
From: Bob Trocchi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4571

Staff... >>Seems corporate lately is buzzing with talk of some wiz kid out west that has come up with a viable magic bullet solution that solves the Y2K problem for a majority of main frames out there.<< My recollection is that about a month ago, there was a "buzz" in the media about a high school kid from New Zealand that had found the "magic bullet for Y2k mainframe problems." It soon died down. If this is the one, what company would trust your "solution" to a youngster, from New Zealand, without a company behind him etc. IMO, THERE IS NO MAGIC BULLET!!!!! It takes work, the old fashioned way as they say. Perhaps if TED is watching this thread he may have more answers to your question. Given that I believe it takes work, and that work takes people, some companies will make money from consulting, including DDIM. In DDIM's case they are counting (or should I say some long investors are counting on the Ardes CD ROM to sell in the hundreds of thoudands at very high margin. The Ardes CD is not a piece of SW rather a "how to guide." Based on the information that comes out via the media, IMO it is not selling up to expectations. It is on this assumption that I am short. Now if DDIM also has trouble getting contracts, well that is frosting on the cake. We will see on Thurs. when they announce earnings. If there were a magic bullet solution, all the better, DDIM would drop faster however I doubt it. Bob T.