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Technology Stocks : Y2K damage reports -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill J. Landis who wrote (145)	12/31/1999 3:46:00 PM
From: Gersh Avery	Respond to of 286

Well Bill .. Looks like the traffic heading north will be thinner if you choose to make the trip .. Happy New Year to you, yours and everybody else here .. Looks like the next market move should be up hard again .. all that money settin' on the side waiting for the all clear.

To: Bill J. Landis who wrote (145)	12/31/1999 3:51:00 PM
From: Cruiser	Respond to of 286

>>Don't know if that's the smarts way to handle it, but it is an idea (if your operation can handle a planned outage of a few minutes while you reboot). << Well actually most businesses deal with reboots constantly if they are running Windows.... it crashes all the time. :-) Cruiser

To: Bill J. Landis who wrote (145)	12/31/1999 4:34:00 PM
From: bearshark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 286

Bill: I was told that one of the problems with going offline is that if an activity has not been offline before, they may have problems starting up again. However, I think Y2K will turn out to be more of a nuisance--and massive expense to cope with it--than anything else. Japan was supposed to have been far behind Europe and the U. S. in their solutions. Since Europe and the U. S probably rely the most on technology, they would face the greatest potential I suppose. I believe the Department of Commerce reported that 60 percent of all internet connections are in the U. S. However, I assume that the U. S. and Europe have dealt with it. If Italy is heard from next week, probably everyone will pull through. The U. S. will see by January 4th. That will give all the activities that went offline an opportunity to go back online again. I just hope I wake up tomorrow and have my computer and internet access up and running. I cannot function without it. I think finding a replacement for Yeltsin is the primary issue also. We will probably hear from some ardent nationalist that believes Russia's future rests in its past before it is all over. Fortunately, the U. S. will have a seasoned government during this transition. A good idea would be to download updates from the anit-virus sites and run an antivirus program before logging-off tonight.