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

To: GoodQ who wrote (9985)	3/11/1998 12:21:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13949

GQ, <NO Y2K problems for PC -- This was known a few years back.> In September Dept of Defense took delivery of 600+ brand new pentiums --- NASA about 100. NONE were Y2K compliant. They tracked problem down to RTC'S. Found out company who built the motherboards built them with non-Y2K compliant RTC's from Dallas Semiconductor. Dallas Semiconductor has been selling both compliant and non-compliant RTC's since 1992. Y2K compliant ones were $.60 more. I'm sure DOD & NASA are not the only ones who got some lemons. Cheryl

To: GoodQ who wrote (9985)	3/11/1998 11:03:00 AM
From: David Eddy	Respond to of 13949

GoodQ - The Application programs are not an issue unless it is a specially developed program. Most commercial applications have a life spand of two years before a new version comes out.(Who is still using DOS, WIN3.0, or Word2.o for WIN?) You're willing to uncategorically state that some 3000 software publishers of 21,000 titles are ALL Y2Kok? That's quite a stretch. You're also willing to state that lots & lots & lots of companies/departments/workgroups/whatever NOT using customer written applications done in VBasic, xBase, Pascal, C, etc.? My position & experience is that there are HUGE numbers of folks who're definately using trailing edge stuff for their daily work. There are plenty of folks who regard technology as a necessary evil. When they can pick up used Pentiums with preloaded Windows for $250 then they'll move up... grudgingly. - David