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

To: Bill Ounce who wrote (348)	11/6/1997 3:12:00 PM
From: Bill Ounce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

The Global Dimensions of the Millennium Bug y2ktimebomb.com This article is a summary of testimony delivered by Tony Keyes in a hearing on "The Global Dimensions of the Millennium Bug" before the House Subcommittee on Technology, Tuesday, November 4, 1997 at the 2318 Rayburn House Office Building. excerpt: [...] the Year 2000 problem is one we must address as a global community. Even if by some miracle the US were to achieve 100% compliance by January 1, 2000, it would all be for naught, if our trading partners fell significantly short of that goal. Even if all of us around the world managed to complete our work on time, we risk creating an electronic 'Tower of Babble', if we do not agree on standards and test the interoperability of our converted systems.[...]