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  • Subject: Re: Y2K
  • From: DAsmussen@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 19:33:04 -0400 (EDT)

Hank,

In a message dated 97-05-28 02:16:32 EDT, you write:

> I ran into an interesting discussion today regarding Y2K (Year 2000)
>  projects. It appears that at least one location, the IS staff is using
>  overblown Y2K project estimates to bury costs of buying the latest
technology
>  that they couldn't get approved through normal channels. Is anyone else
>  seeing Y2K project bloat of this sort?

Oooooooohhhh Yeahhhhh!  And I don't even DO government projects!!!!  Although
I must add that most Y2K estimates that I've seen are UNDERstated.  Can you
blame them?  Most are running 386 (or equivalent) desktops in organizations
that "claim" to "have a focus on information systems".

Regards!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

"As for butter vs. margarine, I trust cows more than chemists." -- Joan
Gussow
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