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

To: John Hunt who wrote (8437)	8/27/1999 8:09:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Procrastination? Ignorance? Denial? Why Did Japanese Car Owners Get Caught by GPS Rollover? << The failure of thousands of car navigation systems in Japan, despite more than a year of publicity and the offer of a free fix, has some here wondering how well this high-tech society will fare when the big test comes on New Year's Day. >> ... article at ... garynorth.com *** Contingency Plans: Unpublished, Unknown, and Vital << Y2K is systemic. It cannot be fixed. I have been saying this for three years. Now, we find that leaders are saying y2k will not be fixed. They call on organizations to make contingency plans. But contingency plans for what? If all that we are facing is a 72-hour disruption, then it is foolish for businesses to prepare for anything worse. It is inefficient and wasteful. Most businesses will do what most people are doing about y2k: nothing. They will procrastinate. They may tell reporters that they have contingency plans, but they will not publish these plans. I have yet to locate a single y2k Website that reveals an organization's contingency plans, or even a detailed outline. >> ... article at ... garynorth.com *** I have seen the Y2K bug ... It is human behavior. :-))