[There are some lucky companies for which Y2K has hardly been an issue.] I read these articles with great pleasure knowing that competitors are spending on these issues, ... It's another advantage we have.

Y2K could lead to real problems,

More of a problem with Y2K relates to medium- and small-sized companies that don't have the savvy or the money to fix the problem.

The cat's out of the bag here with IBM. It's going to affect more than IBM, because Y2K is a concern and it's going to affect many different sectors of the market. And analysts have already switched from just looking at earnings to quality of earnings.

We believe we are Y2K compliant; this is just a precaution.

Our products reflect the concerns of our consumers about Y2K.