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To: JRI who wrote (72106)	10/14/1998 7:35:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

john, re y2k. The only reason I can see that y2k would cause a growth spurt in late 1999 is a scenario where some company is running a non-y2k compliant version of windows on an older PC. They may choose to upgrade the OS (and PC in most cases). Really, installing a new version of windows is about all you can do to alleviate a software problem 3 months before the millenium. I just dont know how much business this scenario will realistically generate. The real y2k crunch is happening in high-end, mostly legacy software that runs on unix and mainframe with an sql engine as database. Those packages need to be fixed for y2k because dates drive all the business processes etc. and there we are seeing diversion of IT budgets going to y2k for sure. But as far as somebodys PC is concerned, whats the issue with y2k beyond the possibility that some OS feature wont work? I cant think of anything. Y2k certainly isnt going to cause a mass upgrade at the client level for any modern shop (running win95 and above). JMO. Michelle