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To: Gerald L. Kerr who wrote (12997)	3/21/1998 7:51:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 31646

Gerry, This isn't a high-tech story, but same gendre ... I have a "friend" who's family has been in the oil business for a LONG time - as a supplier. Privately owned. BIG BUCKS. Her father married some young honey. Trophy wife. It was a small office with very little turn-over. The "office manager" - a lady who had been with him for about 12 years - put all the engineering specs into the database. Government required documentation. Well ... the "trophy wife" had a daughter ... who got a job in this small office with a salary over $100,000/year. Wasn't qualified for much. But, was getting paid a LOT more than the office manager. Needless to say. There were some "unhappy pups" in the office. Know how easy it is to do a "mass update" on canned software packages? WELL IT WAS DONE ... by the office manager ... before she quit. Plus she went in and did some other "creative" changes. They had to sell the company for a fraction of the price shortly thereafter. My "friend" was living very well for many years, with a steady income. CHANGED FAST. Got a small portion of the sale. Then got re-married. I saw the writing on the wall! Nothing happened to the office manager. Either they didn't have adequate documentation ... or she had some dirt on 'em. Cheryl

To: Gerald L. Kerr who wrote (12997)	3/21/1998 8:01:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

You know, human nature being what it is and all, it's hard not to imagine that whatever disasters the normal changeover to 1/1/2k will bring will also serve as a cover for your basic disgruntled employee to do his or her worst. A high tech version of shooting somebody during the fireworks. If this New Jersey techno-whiz had timed his software bomb to go off when the ball dropped for the new millennium in Times Square, maybe he'd have been back at the company on January 2. If I had the money, I think I'd buy some silver and a barn. Well, maybe one of those little aluminum sheds painted like a barn. Cheryl, in my 15 minute window, I read the office manager story. A classic. Scripts are being written right now about The Night of the New Millenium, and a story just like that will be in every one.