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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Stocks: An Investment Discussion
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To: sibe who wrote (8129)1/18/1998 12:59:00 AM
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Some quotes from The Sunset Beacon, a San Francisco district newspaper, January 1998:
Year 2000 Could Wreak Havoc in City's Computers
"Glitches" Already Showing Up

When an SF police officer runs a license check through the Department of Motor Vehicles, nine times out of 10 the DMV is falsely reporting the license being suspended because computers are unable to recognize the year 2000 as a valid date.

A preview of what could happen if City computers fail already occurred when software running the Court Management System failed to recognize the year 2000. The "glitch" prohibited police officers from conducting warrantless searches of felons on probation.

While some departments may bring their computer systems into compliance by 2000, failure to check other systems could result in employees and the public being locked out of City buildings on the first Monday of the year 2000 because of just such an oversight.

A check with the SF Planning Dapartment found this possible scenario when Alton Chinn, systems specialist in charge of year 2000 compliance, expressed confidence the department would have its computers operational by January 1999, but failed to consider embedded chips in the operational systems of the building.

"That's just not my jurisdiction," explained Chinn.
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