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To: blessed who wrote (314)	1/18/1999 3:29:00 PM
From: DARPA	Respond to of 1541

I don't recall the exact details on existing or soon to be Y2K contracts. But, I do recall someone mentioning that they are 'in negotiations' for the same. As far as a cost for the PC Y2K solution. With the right tools in place, an organization with 5,000 PC's for example, would only need one CD for example. Software license revenues are the next best thing to gambling revenues in that there are virtually no additional costs after original R&D. You simply ask people to pay you money for the right to use. There's no 'cogs' involved anymore. For example, if I sell a customer 3,000 licenses of Lotus Notes, I give them one or two CD's and provide one peice of paper - "proof of entitlement" for their investment. That's it. The software comes on one CD and it is 'sent out' to all the desktops via the LAN (local area network) with the push of a button. I don't need to make 3,000 individual CDs. One will do. Sometime you don't even need one, you can simply download the code over the internet. Interesting hey? So, forget even the .60 per CD cost. We're looking at $22 pure gravy times 10Million PCs. That's a good business.