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>>>Then my question is "Why are you still in DOS?" With the cost of hardware today, I'm hardpressed to see a reason to still be there.
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>>Because our regional offices can't afford the hardware and usually take the castoffs from the State offices.....Even now, we STILL have people running on 386's. But we DID get rid of the 286's......
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>This is an issue for your state legislature. The increases in productivity will be amazing....and pay for the new hardware in no time.

Preaching to the choir......only problem is when the People (which includes you) want less goverment, the Leg's general response is to cut funds for hardware, training, software, and employees.

Sometimes I think we'd be better off if the state agencies had to show a profit.