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To: Daniel who wrote (8402)	1/6/1998 1:09:00 PM
From: M. Frank Greiffenstein	Respond to of 31646

More conrete signs of y2k $$$$... Sybase and Oracle blamed part of their revenue shortfalls on y2k spending. In other words, there are less dollars to buy enterprise software (ES). For those of you unfamiliar with the term, ES refers to software written specifically to run the mission critical operations of a company. Oracle writes them custom-made (as does Sybase), but others have off-the-shelve packages (like Baan, SAP and Microsoft). This is the most expensive software you can buy, even a "small" program costs millions. Only Comptuer Associates will dodge this bullet, because they do y2k renovation work. Accounting rules will benefit y2k companies because you have to depreciate enterprise software over a lengthy schedule. But maintainece (e.g., date code renovation, embedded systems analysis) is a maintainece function, the cost can be written off in the fiscal year it is performed). Y2k will be expensive enough, so accountants will pressure factory floor people and IT managers to go for the renovation rather than new systems purchases. Just another few puzzle pieces falling into place. Docstone