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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Stocks: An Investment Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: beio who wrote (7591)	11/5/1997 10:16:00 PM
From: Hardware Heister	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13949

Also the train systems out west that merged are having problems. The National transportation board declared a emergency. The CEO said the new companys computer system was too fragile. Anyone want to bet on what the problem is? The clock is ticking. Sure, I'll bet. The problem involves their system for tracking and routing trains & cargo, not the year 2000. It is not unusual that when two companies merge there are problems getting the two computer systems to cooperate. Wells Fargo had the same problem when digesting First Interstate Bank. Boy, did they piss off some people & it also had an impact on their earnings, but it had absolutely nothing to do with the year 2000. Also, someone asked about a mutual fund that invests in the year 2000 a while back. Robertson Stephens Emerging Growth Fund has about the biggest exposure I can find, and lots of it is in the small speculative stuff you see touted around here a lot. See www.rsim.com for further info. It may be a good way to invest if you don't want to pick individual stocks.