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On Sun, 27 Jul 2025 21:31:57 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>   Leave it to Big Blue and CDC and such and 'word-processing'
>   workstations would cost $50k each and only work with their
>   mini/mainframes.

Y2K was the watershed for our clients. IBM only patched the latest OS and 
it wouldn't run on older systems. The sites looked at the cost of 
replacing their whole RS/6000 hardware and Windows started looking pretty 
damn good.

Despite the importance of the 911 system not many government agencies 
throw wads of cash at the PSAPs.