Re: Y2K Reflections

Jon,

In a message dated 1/11/00 12:34:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Jon.Paris@halinfo.it writes:

<<snip>>
> As to original question. Undoubtedly some people used Y2K as an excuse to
>  upgrade hardware that could probably have survived but the operative word 
is
>  "probably".
>  
>  Hindsight is always 20-20 - today I know that I didn't need the house, 
medical,
>  car, or life insurance that I paid for yesterday!!!

You don't know the half of it.  Many of my clients' headquarters gave "carte 
blanche" to anything with Y2K attached to it.  My own involvement in Y2K was 
minimal prior to December 30, 31st, yet most of my billable time for the past 
two _YEARS_ has been written off to Y2K projects...

JME,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right." -- Jill 
Ruckelshaus
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