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

To: ThirdEye who wrote (10721)	4/4/1998 8:19:00 PM
From: Tech Master	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13949

taoman- Question by question (where I can): >>>Body shops are taking longer than expected to fix code?<<< In some cases... especially with languages like PL/1 assembler, C, etc.. >>> Not enough bodies? <<< You have to ask this question? >>> Finding special situations that are unanticipated? <<< Of course... its not as straight forward as it all seems... >>> Finding systemic flaws in their tools? <<< Try and find a good tool for PL/I or Mark IV or even a COBOL tool that actually does what the marketing people tell you it does.... >>> Delivering code that can't be put back in production? <<< One error is bad enough... but what about a thousand? >>> Cost overruns?<<< This will be the down fall of some body shops... fixed pricing for consultants? Please..... >>>Start the job over with another vendor?<<< This is already beginning.... you screw up and you are gone.... no questions asked... >>> Who will pay for that?<<< The customer pays.... what is the value of their mission critical system to their business? >>> how would we know?<<< the word will leak out.... it always does... >>>Lower than expected earnings and mushrooming reveivables?<<< Not yet.... because there is more work than there are resources... What I am trying to say is that all is not all hunky dory in the Y2K universe .... and its going to get worse.... wait until the panic sets in.... Tech Master