INDEX-Y2K-GENERAL - Index to general Y2K issues...
...that I found interesting.
New 6-28-1998
MHAHAHAHA!!! ROFL ... Tamagotchi....
Message 4411616
[BOOKS] Books recommended
I've read the books below marked italic; and highly recommend them. Am planning to read Cowles utility book.
Ulrich& Hayes book and Yourdon's book are fighting for number one place on my y2k-book favorites' list ;-).
Message 4429014
[CURRENT Y2K THINKING]
This is a very well written message from Harlan Smith. It sums up a lot of current NEW thinking on Y2K:
Message 4369688
5-1998
[FAQ] Y2K: Year 2000 Mini FAQ
Message 4411587
SPIKE DATES: January 1, 1999 will DEFINITELY be a BIG Problem
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Here's one "Real World" example.
I had incorrectly assumed that big problems would not be occurring on plant floors until late 99. Apparently problems will happen MUCH sooner.
V.P. Kraft Foods said "massive" problems will start occurring January 1, 1999 ... because of date codes. They've already encountered problems.
Message 4391677
[SEC] SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt on Y2k
' Monday, May 11, 1998; Page F10
Arthur Levitt, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
recently sat down with a group of Washington Post editors and reporters to
talk about the bull market, Internet investing and banking mergers. Here is
an edited transcript of that conversation.
Message 4412242
[GARTNER] 'We are afraid that there just will not be enough talent and resources available'
'....
In each case, as these companies hit their Time Horizon to Failure (THF),
normal operations were interrupted and the resources of the enterprise
were thrown in to fight the problem in a crisis mode.
Message 4428850
Yourdon:
`.imagine what impact it will have
on high-tech companies like IBM and Microsoft. We foresee an
even larger aspect of this in 1998, as private companies also
impose a moratorium on new IT work until they get their Y2K
work finished. This could ultimately have an impact on the stock
market and the job market for the high-tech sector.)
Message 4445014
[HARLAN] This is again about 'mitigation'
New ideasfrom Harlan Smith - very interesting! I recommend to read the whole articles.
Message 4491213
Chief executive officers of State Government agencies have been put on notice
that their jobs are on the line unless they come up with a year 2000 computer bug
risk analysis by the end of June.
Message 4542587
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY COMMENCEMENT
Message 4571917
[SITES] 'The Year 2000 Support Centre - Index of Topics and Resources'
Good entry point for UK resources on Y2k.
Year 2000 Pages - Corporate and Government Users:
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Year 2000 and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs):
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[YARDENI] 'Subject: New Y2K REPORTER on Dr. Ed's Econet
'I was very disappointed with the G8 response to Y2K. But I will give
them the benefit of the doubt until mid-June. Around that time, the OMB
will release its 5th Y2K progress report for US agencies. If it is as
bad as I expect, I'll most likely raise the odds of a global recession
to 75% from 60%. Worse yet: My number one concern is now that some
mission-critical military systems in the US and Russia will most likely
malfunction in 2000, with unknown and unpredictable consequences.
(BadaBum, BadaBOOM?) Moving from first place to second is the supply of
electricity.
Message 4579219
[YARDENI] 'Federal Regulator Has Big Concerns'
Message 4579338
[YARDENI] 'The Full Monty'
' Y2K Corporate
Disclosure
Project
On my web site, you can now access a searchable database of the Y2K disclosure
statements extracted from the annual and quarterly reports filed by the S&P 500
corporations with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Message 4579402
[GOVERNMENT] 'Government's Role in Reducing "Year 2000" Risks
Very well written article!
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Latest GAO report 6/10/1998 - lots of talk about contingency planning....
Title:
'Action mus be taken now to address the slow pace of federal progress'
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'Military on Year 2000 alert
'
Hamre said the situation is so grim that the Pentagon is developing a program to share data from US early-warning satellites with other countries, including Russia and China. Otherwise, come 2000, such nations may find themselves in the dark, uncertain whether an attack is coming or not - which, in a crisis, could provoke great anxiety
Message 4957649
(PR NEWSWIRE) DJ: Year 2000 Poll Finds Nation Waking To Troubling Reality
DJ: Year 2000 Poll Finds Nation Waking To Troubling Reality of Computer Problem
Message 4962588
'UN Resolution Calls for Global Cooperation on Y2K
The United Nations will take up a resolution shortly calling on member states to
raise the priority of the Year 2000 issue and forge global cooperation.
Message 5036708
I read someone's prediction some time back that we could gauge the level of public awareness of Y2K when a book makes the best sellers lists. Just today, my daughter-in-law, who is the manager of a Supercrown bookstore in S. California, told me that they cannot keep "Time Bomb 2000" on the shelves this week...
Message 5038991
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