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

To: Lane3 who wrote (8788)	9/24/1999 9:18:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

Senate Y2K panel reports that seven states in 'danger zone' Associated Press, 09/23/99 WASHINGTON - The world won't end on Jan. 1 with a Y2K-related computer crash, but Americans should be ready for short-term disruptions ranging from higher gas prices to local power outages, a Senate panel said yesterday. With 100 days left before computers run up against the year 2000 date, federal agencies and the national infrastructure are in solid shape, but seven states remain in the 'danger zone' with less than 70 percent of computer systems ready, the Y2K panel said in its final report ... ... seven states - Alabama, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Wyoming - had fixed less than 70 percent of systems affecting such programs as child nutrition, food stamps, and unemployment insurance. The Health Care Financing Administration, which oversees Medicaid and Medicare, listed eight states this month as 'high risk' in terms of keeping up with Medicaid child health insurance or eligibility claims after Jan. 1. They were Alabama, Alaska, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, and Vermont. The report named Russia, China, and Italy among the many countries that appear to be far behind in fixing computers [...] boston.com The committee listed its greatest concerns as China, Russia, and Italy plus a handful of U.S. oil suppliers: Venezuela, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Colombia and Kuwait [...] biz.yahoo.com Cheryl 98 Days until 2000

To: Lane3 who wrote (8788)	9/24/1999 9:40:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

U.S. Companies Confident On Y2K Compliance -- Poll September 23, 1999 NEW YORK (Reuters) - American corporate executives do not expect substantial technological problems to arise from the changeover to 2000, according to a survey released Wednesday ... Rubin Systems Chief Executive Howard Rubin said the survey illustrates the confidence of corporate America. Rubin said most companies had contingency plans in place in case of computer failure, including ones that could not completely finish the overhaul of their computer systems. The survey also found that 56 percent of corporations polled now expect all of their critical systems to be fully compliant by year's end, up from 48 percent in August. ``The critical importance of addressing the year 2000 challenge has really succeeded,' Rubin told a telephone news conference. infoseek.go.com+glitch+y2k&sv=IS&lk=noframes&col=NX&kt=A&ak=news1486 Gee - what great news! 56% will have critical systems fully compliant by year-end ... only 44% won't. Very small sampling in survey, so it's really not statistically significant, IMHO. But I got a kick out of the disconnect between the optimistic headline and confidence of corporate executives in light of this 56% figure. Cheryl 98 Days until 2000

To: Lane3 who wrote (8788)	9/24/1999 6:35:00 PM
From: Jeff Mizer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Re:>>fear of ridicule. Do you have reason to believe that this is actually happening?<< One example-Last week we were at a cookout and as you can imagine people are scattered about in conversation when I heard one woman who I know is doing modest preps for her family ask another lady "how is your pantry coming ?" The lady acted like she did not hear and was asked again and again no response.... she finally gave a glancing look and it was obvious she was too embarrassed to talk about it. I can give many examples from my personal experience and the comments people make would no doubt make most people with limited resolve or maybe fence sitters question if they were doing the right thing. The politically correct terminology to say at a wharehouse club is you are gearing up for extended camping ! JM