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To: Judy who wrote (9482)5/14/1998 6:27:00 PM
From: Snowshoe  Respond to of 120523
 
Judy, a number of nursing-home stocks recently sold off sharply despite meeting or exceeding earnings. Must be all those gray-haired Cobol programmers being called out of retirement to work on Y2K problems...

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To: Judy who wrote (9482)5/14/1998 11:21:00 PM
From: LTBH  Respond to of 120523
 
Judy,

You're correct, however most major SW houses use India programmers, not just the Y2K. India has become a major supplier of relatively inexpensive programming expertise to US firms. Believe near term effects on the broader SW producers remains to be seen, but one should be aware.

Austute observation!

Networm



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