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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues

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To: flatsville who wrote (4836)3/19/1999 6:01:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston  Read Replies (1) of 9818
 
flattsville,

I know you already know about US now spending $6.8 billion for Y2K fix. I just like the way progression of escalating costs were handled in this article.
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The Federal government announced in their quarterly Y2K report that they expect the price tag for their Y2K fixes to be US $6.8 billion.

That's an increase of US $400 million since their last quarterly report ...

Which in turn was an increase of US $1 billion over their August '98 report ...

Which was an increase of US $400 million over their May report.

The report cited systems that had been thought fixed, but actually needed additional repairs, as the source of the increase. "To the extent that agencies encounter additional difficulties through testing ... costs are likely to rise," the report said.
y2ktoday.com

[I wonder how much the NEXT increase will be.]

Anyone remember what the starting budget was in '97? I remember many of us laughed about it back then.

Cheryl
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