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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (4032)	10/22/1998 9:40:00 AM
From: yard_man	Respond to of 8218

You are looking for trouble aren't you? <g>

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (4032)	10/22/1998 9:45:00 AM
From: MythMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8218

skeets, I and others have puts on this puppy. Had I known you haunted this thread I would NOT have bought puts as you are bad luck. Could you please disappear from this thread. tia <g> MM ps you are not wanted on Zon either <vbg>

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (4032)	10/22/1998 1:17:00 PM
From: Rob Bowerman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8218

Skeeter Bug, Do you have any idea how ignorant you are coming across? Surely you must embarrass yourself as you type this incorrect, mindless drivel. Are you just reading the tabloid headlines at the supermarket? Y2K problems will NOT disappear in January, 2000. There will be a backlog of companies and individuals needing fixes for years to come. Do you really believe that every motherboard, every chip, every microcode, every OS, every program in the world will be fixed in the next 18 months? But let's say that that really happens. All of the world's computer users upgrade all of their hardware and software in the next 18 months. That means that most of the IT expeditures for companies and individuals for this period will have been tied up dealing with Y2K. When that is behind us, then general expeditures for normal upgrades and new programs will resume unleashing a huge world-wide buying spree. Either scenario will mean money in the bank for IBM (and others). Thoughts? --Rob