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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Stocks: An Investment Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (8051)	11/24/1997 9:24:00 AM
From: Ken Merwin	Respond to of 13949

Jeffrey: Excellent point...like a trip back in time for those of us who cut our teeth on CP/M, Dbase II, Visicalc, A>,etc. Another sector that may get hit hard would be all those non-profits/charitable organizations out there; many of the small ones, at least, probably still use tons of "home brew" applications and little or no documentation and the developer who has changed jobs 10x since then. I follow one maillist targeted towards that sector, consists of lawyers, CPA's, state regulatory folk, etc. I may do a post to that group as I don't recall any mention of Y2K issues in the several months I've followed it. Regards, Ken Merwin Wisconsin

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (8051)	11/24/1997 12:21:00 PM
From: Skeptic	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13949

Fortune 20,000,000 Would the loss of several million marginal small businesses necessarily be a bad thing? A case could be made for a Darwinian cleansing of the weakest economic entities after which the overall economy would emerge stronger than ever. Just a thought.

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (8051)	11/24/1997 1:43:00 PM
From: David Eddy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13949

Jeff - So, as usual, like that "Inc" article pointed out, it will be the little guy that gets hit the hardest. Jury's out on this... the little guys could (at least in theory) actually have a realistic chance to move their trusty-rusty '84 xBase/QuickBasic customer file to something newer. Being small they could bite the bullet & just do it. The Fortune 1000 that's talking about solving Y2K by going to SAP or BAAN or PeopleSoft is cutting it mighty close, since conversions like that typically take 2+ years when everything goes right. A little guy could possibly do a conversion over a weekend or two. But the word has to get out to the little guys to get their butts in gear. - David