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To: Clayleas who wrote (853)	1/8/1998 1:15:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

CA tool: 'Does this change Yardeni's view of the future?' << So my questions are really as follows: - Is this software really as good as CA says? - What are its limitations? - Does this change Yardeni's view of the future? >> Hi Jim! Those are valid questions; here is what I think: - indeed there is and will be progress in the quality of the tools provided. This will make it more easy for many customers to remediate code. However: - as far as I know, this is a tool for COBOL only (perhaps some other languages; I did not read all the details of the CA tool yet). But there are tons of code in other languages; that also have to be remediated (assembler; 4th generation languages; C, C++, X-Base etc etc etc). - this is not a solution for embedded y2k problems. In many cases of embedded; systems will simply have to be swapped. The CA tool does not address the embedded issue at all. So my bottom line: It does NOT change Yardeni's view of the future. (alas :-(( ) Regards, John

To: Clayleas who wrote (853)	1/8/1998 1:43:00 PM
From: Josef Svejk	Respond to of 9818

Humbly report, Jim, here is Jeff's take on this "closest thing to a silver bullet": Message 3123638 Svejk (GL-15 applies: digiserve.com ;-)

To: Clayleas who wrote (853)	1/8/1998 9:30:00 PM
From: David Eddy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Clayleas - I think that is why they used the words "closest thing to a silver bullet." As self appointed phraseoleogy police.... I'd finger Bob Bemer & his Bigit approach as having introduced the phrase "closest thing to a silver bullet"... he calls his approach a "silver plated bullet." Always the point in these press releases... this is PR put out by professional spin doctors. There is no FDA looking over their shoulders monitoring the accuracy of their claims... so they can claim anything they want. Another way of looking at press releases... who's the bigger fool? Me for telling you the lie? Or you for believing me? - Is this software really as good as CA says? Certainly not as good as the press release would like you & I to believe. Only time & the market will tell for certain. - What are its limitations? Only time & use in the market will tell. Certainly CA won't admit to any limitations. - David