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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: flatsville who wrote (6292)	7/5/1999 5:12:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

egroups.com 'Subject: Harlan Smith in his July Y2K ranking at www.russkelly.com From: Roleigh Martin@tc.umn.edu Harlan copied me on this. Quite good. >Russ, A flood of information that's difficult to roll up into an overview, but I see that the progress is not being made at the rate necessary to have a reasonably good success. I change my ranking from 6.0 to 7.0 Statement: "Lots of good reports but ... Too many loose ends not being tied up. Too much uncertainty about oil supply and foreign supply lines in general. Too much self reporting that successful remediation is at severe risk -- e.g. Washington DC, Ventura County. Too much government and banking propaganda as undesirable replacement for independent audit of progress. Too many news blackouts for areas in trouble -- US Post Office, Department of Veteran's Affairs. Too many deadlines being pushed out to September through November -- US Army Too many superficial tests being run as propaganda ploys -- FAA, NERC Too many real tests unsuccessful -- L. A. sewage and elevator failures. Too many programmers unhappy about progress being made. Too few BCCPs (Business Continuity and Contingency Preparation) plans from federal agencies -- none? Too late amendment to Executive Order establishing 40-person ICC (Information Coordination Center) Too few community action groups, too poorly focused. Too much continuing escalation of federal remediation budget that doesn't even comprehend contingency preparations. Too many foreign countries half awake. Too few met June 30 deadline. Too little understanding of the implications of minor problems -- July 1st start of fiscal year. Too few signs of life from Al Gore, whose presidential campaign depends on Y2K success. Too tepid responses from U.N. and G8. Too much litigation commencing -- GTE suing insurers for $300 million. Too little news on real status of embedded systems problems. Too much secrecy on government preparations -- News blackout on evacuation route signs appearing on Michigan Interstates Too much exaggeration of the problem by "doomers", minimization of the problem by "Happy Faces" and lack of objective factual information by the large majority. Harlan PS I anticipate that my August ranking will increase from 7.0 to 8.0 as the situation continues to deteriorate and I see no effort of substance underway to effect a turnaround. ICC is a small whiff of fresh air, but we will see no report from them until September at the earliest. -----Original Message----- From: Russ Kelly [mailto:kellyr-@innova.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 23:20 Subject: July ranking due Hello Experts, We need your latest rankings, and a statement if you wish, for russkelly.com. _________ Russ Kelly rus-@russkelly.com The Year/2000 Awareness & Information Site Visit russkelly.com