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

To: NickSE who wrote (6324)	7/6/1999 4:42:00 PM
From: Technologyguy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

OK, you just cited the figure, but feel no ownership. You're right that problems from some applications may not show up until reports are requested. You're wrong, though, to infer that 7/1 was not a real test. Real checks were printed and real statements were run with FY 2000 dates all across the country.

To: NickSE who wrote (6324)	7/6/1999 9:22:00 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Utilities Say They're Y2K Ready, Though Blackouts Expected aol.com .....''Utilities are scared,'' said Cameron Daley, chief operating officer of Framingham, Massachusetts-based Tava/R.W. Beck, which tested and upgraded systems for more than 100 U.S. utilities. ''The whole grid won't collapse, but there will be outages that could last up to several weeks.''.....

To: NickSE who wrote (6324)	7/6/1999 9:24:00 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Economists Expect Strong Growth For 1999 But Are Mixed On 2000 dowjones.wsj.com ....In front of the negative-growth camp is Edward Yardeni, chief economist for the U.S. operations of Deutsche Bank. Mr. Yardeni is well-known for his belief that the Y2K problem could wreak havoc on the nation's economy and possibly even prompt a world-wide recession. His forecast calls for the U.S. economy to contract at an annual rate of 7% in the first quarter of 2000. He worries that the just-in-time inventory system that is widely used around the world will experience major disruptions, especially in emerging countries. "Most economists believe [theY2K problem] will be a non-event because they think contingency planning will cushion the effect and that the problems will be rapidly accessed and fixed. I just don't buy into that," said Mr. Yardeni....