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

To: Christine Traut who wrote (8997)	10/26/1999 3:48:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 9818

zdnet.com Why companies and governments must prepare SNIP: >> I get a lot of mail from folks wondering why, if there is no Y2K problem, companies and governments are making preparations for the date rollover. This reflects the kind of reasoning that has led many people to panic about Y2K. Preparations at an institutional level do not reflect the severity of the problem, but the responsibility those institutions have taken on. After all, would you be comfortable if your bank or the power companies in your region failed to prepare for odd computer behavior around the New Year? With all the hype and hysteria surrounding Y2K doesn't it make sense for a company, which holds the investments of hundreds of thousands of shareholders, or a government with the livelihoods of millions at stake, to take extra precautions? <<

To: Christine Traut who wrote (8997)	10/26/1999 3:49:00 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Something special about November 8? Karen

To: Christine Traut who wrote (8997)	10/26/1999 5:17:00 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Karen--You'd think Cringeley would be a rabid doomer just to spite Microsht as he is no fan...<ggg> k and Christine--This may be the answer (courtesy of an astute lurker) The final days: Last Net IPOs before Wall Street bubble bursts on Nov. 8* October 4, 1999 - By Bob Metcalfe infoworld.com and...CSCO reports Nov 9...FOMC (same week?) The TA guys report NAZ and NDX looking mighty sick. U.S. Dollar still getting spanked and the bond can't catch a bid. Downward trend still intact.