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To: jim kelley who wrote (27550)	1/14/1998 1:24:00 AM
From: jbn3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Jim or Meathead, Can either of you explain, in words that non-techies such as I can understand, why Eastman's answer to the Y2K problem is not feasable? I.e., they got rid of everything they had, replacing everything from desktops to servers with DELL (10,000 as I recall). The new equipment has the fixes: BIOS, software, hardware.... (I think steve says that won't do the job, but I admit to some problems understanding him from time to time). At least, Eastman thinks they found a fix. Therefore, I am guessing that their exposure to the problem is no longer internal, but external... Sorry I'm rambling. In a nutshell... 1) Is that or is that not a fix? and why? 2) If it is, doesn't it make sense for a lot of companies to upgrade all their servers and desktops (to DELL<g>) rather than just try to fix their old Y2K susceptible code? TIA, 3.