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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (1522)	5/1/1998 5:42:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

[YOURDON] 'Time Bomb 2000! book' 'Our Time Bomb 2000! book is now in its 5th printing, with a 6th printing scheduled for late April; Prentice Hall describes it as the fastest-selling computer-science book they've published in over 10 years. yourdon.com

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (1522)	5/1/1998 6:40:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9818

<Why is it so hard to believe that some companies have already fixed or will have the problem fixed by the end of this year?> More than two years of 14-16 hour days, back-to-back, seven days a week of researching. "Off the record" conversations with people involved with the problem/solution (no computer consultants) - management and people in the trenches. Government officials. Conversations with attorneys. I don't make money from what I'm doing. I'm trying to be a part of the solution ... not contributing to the problem. You don't see my emails from individuals and companies trying to solve this problem, asking for direction. I get satisfaction from helping people. One of my most recent emails was from the Y2K project manager in the UK for a multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical company ... because embedded systems were now a part of the project ... and there was very little medical device research available. Asked for my research report. I'd rather deal with people like this, than people like you. This is the last post you will ever see from me ... directly to you. Cheryl

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (1522)	5/4/1998 9:32:00 AM
From: David Eddy	Respond to of 9818

Sire - Why is it so hard to believe that some companies have already fixed or will have the problem fixed by the end of this year? It's in the numbers! Let's look at just the top of the barrel... 15,000 IBM mainframes (MVS) 40,000 IBM midrange (DOS/VSE) 400,000 IBM midrange (AS400) 500,000 DEC midrange (VAX) and we'll leave out Xerox, Perkin-Elmer, Hewlett-Packard, Control Data, Bull, ATT & another couple dozen box makers. There's passels of systems out there. Absolutely there are companies that will have their Y2K house in order... but no company is an island. - David