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To: Mr Logic who wrote (722)	5/22/1998 7:54:00 AM
From: Steve Woas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1361

Janet Reno warns of Y2K problems with embedded chips--Might dismiss Microsoft case if Bill Gates agrees to fix Year 2000 problem!: cgi.pathfinder.com

To: Mr Logic who wrote (722)	5/22/1998 8:04:00 AM
From: Steve Woas	Respond to of 1361

Run on Banks feared by the Association for Payment Clearing Services: sunday-times.co.uk "The Association for Payment Clearing Services, which is responsible for processing cheques and money transmission, estimates that the public will try to withdraw œ13.5 billion in cash before Christmas next year.

To: Mr Logic who wrote (722)	5/22/1998 8:16:00 AM
From: Steve Woas	Respond to of 1361

Bulgarian scientist has just come up with a Y2K solution: dailynews.yahoo.com Works on DOS machines and others too! Will not reveal secret at this time.

To: Mr Logic who wrote (722)	5/22/1998 8:52:00 AM
From: Steve Woas	Respond to of 1361

Swedish couple comes up with answer to Y2K problem -- And, government expert agrees!: web.lexis-nexis.com

To: Mr Logic who wrote (722)	5/24/1998 5:23:00 PM
From: Steve Woas	Respond to of 1361

"The private sector is also raising estimates on the cost of year 2000 work. According to one survey of 128 companies, 85% reported that they had underestimated their year 2000 project costs, while only 3% were on track." techweb.com

To: Mr Logic who wrote (722)	5/25/1998 12:53:00 PM
From: B Hamilton	Respond to of 1361

HP 3000 machines are very popular with many large to medium sized companies. IMHO the Y2K problem will be big, but it will not be dooms day. It will facilitate the purchase of new, more modern computer systems/software. Companies already spend an incredible amount of money just to maintain their data bases in the ancient format they were designed in. Programers like to program in "job security", by not documenting code or by using variable names that are impossible to identify except by "following the code". Programers like to feel that the code they write is theirs, and so they tend to write code, so that others will have a difficult time understanding or following it. (I have been guilty of this, but now that I'm a manager I try to discourage the practice). There exists "clean up" programs that are designed to go through existing code and renumber the lines to be in sequence. Some of these clean-up programs also allow one to change variable names. I believe that many of these "New discoveries", on ways to fix the problems, are programs that are similar to the clean-up programs that I am familiar with. These "Date finder", programs will probably be able to correct 90 percent of the coding problems, along with the data base problems. So, IMHO look for a company that has a good proven "date finder/changer" program. The company I presently work for has a large data base of customers and equipment . The impact of the Y2K change, will be nothing to us except through our connections with companies that have not addressed the problem. Our solution was to up-grade to a new system. We never even talked to a Y2K oriented company. We hired programers and designed/wrote our system in house. I think many companies will do the same. Brien H