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To: Kevin Shea who wrote (8590)	6/23/1999 11:08:00 PM
From: EyeDrMike	Respond to of 57584

Office Depot To Warn About Y2K By KIM CURTIS .c The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Office Depot has agreed to post signs warning customers that merchandise may not be Y2K compliant, settling a lawsuit that accused the retailer of failing to alert buyers to potential problems in the software they sell. Office Depot, of Delray Beach, Fla. also said it would provide manufacturer's Web addresses and phone numbers to help consumers check the products out, include Y2K information in their Sunday advertisements, and provide customers with an informational brochure. Six other retailers also were targeted in the lawsuit filed by Tom Johnson, a Concord swim coach who got frustrated when store clerks couldn't say whether their new products were Y2K compatible. The suit, filed last January, alleged that Circuit City, Fry's Electronics, The Good Guys, CompUSA, Staples, OfficeMax and Office Depot's lack of notice about Y2K problems is a violation of California's Unfair Competition Law. ''Many consumers believe that the Y2K problem will only affect older products and mainframe computers or large corporate networks,'' said Johnson's lawyer, Rich Ergo. ''Many products sold today are not compliant.'' Ergo begins court-mandated settlement talks on July 15 with the six other companies. The suit is the first to target retailers. Most lawsuits have gone after software manufacturers for selling products that will allegedly become defective by the end of the year. Judges have rejected most of those claims because no consumer has actually been damaged yet. AP-NY-06-23-99 1852EDT Copyright 1999 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.