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From: desnoyer@apple.com (Peter Desnoyers)
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Subject: Re: Will Your SW Make it to the year 2000?
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Date: 28 Jun 89 18:45:39 GMT
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In article <3195@shlump.dec.com> landry@enginr.dec.com writes:
> How much software that you're using now do you really think you'll still
> be using in the year 2000?
> 
> How much software that you used 10 years ago are you using now?

Personally, I think the question should be re-phrased:

  Will your DATA make it into the next century? If it does, what are you
  going to use to read it for the first few months of the new millenia?

If programmers are doing dates wrong in 1989, why do you think they will
do any better in 1998? I think a lot of software companies will learn that
2000 is a leap year the way everyone else will - by the inevitable 
trumpeting on TV news programs which will probably start sometime in 
1999. How much are you willing to bet that they can get upgrades out by
the end of the year? 

                                      Peter Desnoyers
                                      Apple ATG
                                      (408) 974-4469