GD> A grizzled old-timer with a pockmarked face is lit only by his
 GD> monitor. He turns toward us. "Two weeks ago I was out on the street
 GD> without a home, without a job, without a high-school education.
 GD> Today, I'm developing operating system software for Microsoft,
 GD> writing the crucial code that keeps your computer from crashing. "
Anyone who has read COMP.RISKS and followed some of the trade press will know 
that this scenario (obviously meant to be ironic in the above newspaper 
article) is in fact very real.  People are seriously considering, and in many 
cases taking actual steps, to employ people with no proven aptitude, 
experience, or talent at programming in order to solve the Year 2000 
"problem".  
 ¯ JdeBP ®
--- FleetStreet 1.19 NR
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