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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues

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To: Ken Salaets who wrote (2667)10/11/1998 12:09:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston  Read Replies (5) of 9818
 
'Starting next year, date and data corrections will dominate the
software industry, said Jones, and the repairs will cost $5 trillion
over the years 1999 to 2050.
He predicted these problems, along
with Y2K, will damage the software industry for a generation.'

usatoday.com
USA TODAY
Contributed by John Mansfield
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Bill to Bring Technology Workers to U.S. Dies

A bill that would have increased the number of United States visas granted to foreign high-technology workers died in the Senate Friday, with backers of the bill warning its demise could have dire Consequences as the computer industry tries to deal with the year 2000 millennium bug.

nytimes.com
NEW YORK TIMES
Contributed by Josef Svejk
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