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Technology Stocks : 2000: Y2K Civilized Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: flatsville who wrote (242)	8/14/1999 9:07:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 662

flattsville, <Are any of the recent or past difficulties related to y2k upgrades? -- On or before March 31 to mid-August is about 6 months.> I knew you'd catch that. Maybe just a coincidence? <Has MCI-WCOM been asked this question directly? What was the response?> MCI has not uttered the dreaded "Y2K" word publicly. And doubt that they would. Official word is that they don't know what's causing the problem. I think they're trying to pin the blame on Lucent. Here's an "unofficial" comment that I found in that link Cheeky posted: From: Jorj X. McKie Though I am not a software engineer, I do work in networking equipment industry. I didn't see anything that implied that the problems at WCOM had anything to do with the "Y2K" problem. They were doing a system upgrade that ran afoul. Even if the upgrade was to address a Y2K issue, that doesn't mean that it was a "Y2K" problem. It means that the upgrade itself or the procedure had the problem. Cheryl P.S. I wonder how many people on SI are on the MCI network via their ISP, but don't realize it?