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

To: John Hunt who wrote (537)	9/8/1999 6:31:00 PM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 662

Those Dratted Nines << Yet Another Look at Data Processing for September 9, 1999 Dire predictions have been made for data processing problems associated with September 9, 1999 ? 9/9/99. "Blown way out of proportion" is the phrase that comes to my mind. Since the date is near, and news coverage of the alleged problems has therefore been on the increase, I will address the issue again. I have already written three essays on the subject, and have written about it in part of another essay; I refer you to them for background information: The Dreaded Nines: Will They Be So Bad? More on The Dreaded Nines and Other Proverbial Dates Don't Chase the Y2K Red Herrings Unbelievable: Misinformation about The Dreaded Nines >> ... cont'd ... wbn.com << "My expectations for '9/9/99' are that little will happen on the day itself, but that certain transactions on that day will cause problems later, e.g., orders never getting filled, delays in processing records entered on that date, etc. These problems would likely take days or weeks to show up." >> More than you probably ever wanted to know about the 9999 issue.