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In article <7m4qkr$999$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, rick@kana.stanford.edu wrote:
>Some corporation have a blanket purchase requirement that everything be
>Y2K compliant, no matter what it is they are buying.

At <http://www.hourglasses.com/html/body_custom_2.html> you can order
Y2K-compliant hourglasses.  I expect it's meant tongue-in-cheek, but
there are some serious examples of applying such a policy far too
broadly.  This (apparently serious) letter appeared in InfoWorld magazine
last year:

: I didn't know that Bob Lewis was a humor columnist, yet his column 
: consistently elicits at least a chuckle as I nod with agreement. [See 
: IS Survival Guide, Feb. 9, page 84.] 
: 
: Recently, I received a survey informing me that the company where I 
: work is a critical supplier and asking me to certify that our product 
: was year-2000 compliant. The survey made it clear that I may receive 
: another survey asking about the ability of our order fulfillment, billing, 
: and receivable systems to survive the year-2000 problem. 
: 
: However, this survey concerned itself only with the compliance of the 
: product itself. 
: 
: We sell sand. 
: 
: I dutifully returned the survey, noting that our engineers have 
: assured me that our sand will continue to function as specified on and 
: after Jan. 1, 2000. 
: 
:               Richard W. Lipp 
:               List & Clark Construction 
:               Overland Park, Kan. 
: 
:               Infoworld, Volume 20, Issue 12, 23 March 1998

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