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To: lorne who wrote (45932)	12/13/1999 8:23:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Wired Canada to cost $5B << Canadians could spend up to $5 billion over the next five years to launch the federal government into cyberspace. Federal officials say the estimated price tag of the Chretien government's pledge to get the government online by 2004 includes the building of new infrastructure and putting the mounds of government information and programs on the Web. The big cost is getting departments and agencies to use the Internet to re-engineer how they do business. Until now, departments have tended to automate old business practices and paper-based transactions and use the Internet as a way to serve clients like the telephone. Technology offers huge opportunities for new ways to organize programs and offer services. For Canadians with the technology, it means paperless one-stop shopping for all federal, provincial and municipal government services. >> ... cont'd at ... ottawacitizen.com ***** Hi Lorne, Re: I guess If a person is prepared for y2k it can't hurt but if not prepared ???? Yep, you can almost hear Clint Eastwood's voice 'Do ya feel lucky today?'. < vbg > John PS - I know you are quite prepared for Y2K, being on a farm and all.

To: lorne who wrote (45932)	12/13/1999 10:58:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Respond to of 116764

(Canadian) Beer 2K anxiety brewing << TORONTO (CP) - While some people fret about Y2K nuclear meltdowns or airliners falling from the sky, others have less apocalyptic anxieties. Like, are we out of beer? The beer.com Web site run by Interbrew, the transnational beer giant whose products include Labatt's, has polled its users about their Y2K computer-bug attitudes. "Beer lovers are not taking any chances should the taps suddenly be turned off at midnight 2000," reports Rocco Rossi, president of beer.com. They are starting to hoard, with 19 per cent of the 1,377 survey respondents saying they made major year-end beer purchases by mid-November. What kind of people are these? More than one-third, 36.6 per cent, said they would be completely unwilling to give up a single bottle should a family member or friend be caught short. Seventy per cent will eschew champagne and toast 2000 with a brew. >> southam.com Yep, for 19% of Canadians, I agree Y2K will be a non-event. Nothing like Y2K preps, Canadian style ... LOL!