Welcome to The Y2000 E-Mail Advisor, a weekly electronic briefing from Ed Yourdon, Director of the Cutter Consortium's Y2000 Advisory Service.

About 4 or 5 years ago, a major insurance company asked me to help improve its productivity. When I visited for the first time, I expected to hear all about the company's need to improve its software processes and reduce its project cycle time. It turned out that was not its concern.

In the spring of this year, my colleagues and I undertook a study of the use of object technology at companies throughout the world.

Given the popularity of both distributed computing and object technology, it's not surprising that distributed objects are hot.

Given the popularity of both distributed computing and object technology, it's not surprising that distributed objects are hot.

In the spring of this year, my colleagues and I undertook a study of the use of object technology at companies throughout the world.

In the spring of this year, my colleagues and I undertook a study of the use of object technology at companies throughout the world.

There has been a lot of talk about network computing over the last two or three years, but what is network computing? Where do networked applications run? How are network computing applications developed?

There has been a lot of talk about network computing over the last two or three years, but what is network computing? Where do networked applications run? How are network computing applications developed?

The world of application development has become significantly more complicated in the past few years, largely because of the popularity of the Internet.

The world of application development has become significantly more complicated in the past few years, largely because of the popularity of the Internet.