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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues
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To: John Mansfield who wrote (1185)3/14/1998 5:29:00 PM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (1) of 9818
 
'practicalities of...doing both year 2000 and the euro. The Bank of England is doing a lot behind the scenes'

Robin Guenier's report card on the government's achievements in tackling the UK's year 2000 problem, if not quite a "nulle points", then hardly a top score either.

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9: That discussion be held with the Bank of England and other appropriate bodies about the practical implications of dealing with the date-change and introducing euro at the same time.

Verdict now: "Certainly nothing happened. I still want a high level public debate to get people to face up to the practicalities of doing both year 2000 and the euro. The Bank of England is doing a lot behind the scenes but it needs to be publicly aired."

"We've let eight or nine months slip, and we are now facing a year 2000 emergency," he bewailed. '

computerweekly.co.uk
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