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

To: John Hunt who wrote (7001)	7/23/1999 2:16:00 PM
From: John Hunt	Respond to of 9818

Fixing Y2K bug is creating new problems says consultant << Firms with comprehensive millennium bug programmes are creating a raft of new problems a Y2K consultant told ZDNet News today. Despite the revelation that eight large financial institutions are still at severe risk of bug problems, Action 2000 reports big business is largely on target to crack the bug. Martin Caddick, director of Year 2000 at DMR Consulting Group paints a different picture. DMR's checks on 50 big businesses, including banks, in the UK found "a significant number of errors," according to Caddick. Incredibly, one third of these were introduced by trying to fix the problem he said. "They are not as prepared as they think they are," he added ... more ... >> zdnet.co.uk