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To: stock bull who wrote (4193)	11/20/1997 2:26:00 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7841

"I don't see why the Year 2000 problem will require the need for more drives. Isn't this a matter of upgrading the installed software in order to manage the change from 19xx to 20xx?" People don't "just" upgrade their installed software, if it is at all complex, and if it is critical to running their business. They test the bejeezus out of it. Frequently they run both the old and the new parallel for some period of time, to make sure that the new is running properly, before going "live" with it. This means they have to add more storage for the testing stage.

To: stock bull who wrote (4193)	11/20/1997 3:07:00 PM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7841

<<I don't see why the Year 2000 problem will require the need for more drives. Isn't this a matter of upgrading the installed software in order to manage the change from 19xx to 20xx?>> The new software will have to be tested in a test environment and cerified to be running correctly before any IT manager who wants to keep his job would put it into production. So, this means extra hardware to run the test systems until put into production. Where I work ( big IT installation ), I've just been told that my department has an extra $1,000,000.00 to spend on spare hardware before the end of the year and they want recommendations. Hmmm, how about a million dollars worth of Cheetah drives?