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

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (383)	11/9/1997 2:44:00 AM
From: Done, gone.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Re: Is admitting a Y2K problem a badge of honor or a scarlet letter? With all the talent here on SI, we should be able to come to some reasonable conclusions why so many companies are reluctant to announce news about their Y2K problems. Here are some possible reasons: 1. Companies think a Y2K problem is an admittance of shoddy programming 2. Companies don't want to panic investors with large Y2K budgets 3. Companies want people to think they are doing the work in-house and thus don't want press releases mentioning outside vendors 4. Companies are just waiting to announce they've solved the problem 5. Companies have yet to take any course of action and thus have nothing to report [This is where Jumper posts: "6. There is no problem"] - Jeff BTW, CK, here is the a great link for media resources: mediasource.com ______________________________ Thanks Jeff: techstocks.com Bounced Czech (FBN - Honor!)

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (383)	11/9/1997 3:30:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Y2K HUMOR: Great Songs!! ========================================================== BOB DYLAN (Sung to the tune of The Times They Are A-Changin') Come gather 'round people From starboard and port, I have brought you some news Of a most scary sort The machines you depend on Are about to abort. And ya know that I'm not Just a ravin' Soon your two-digit years Will be two digits short For the dates they are a-changin'. Come gurus and pundits Who prophesize in the press, You better start singin' Or we'll soon have a mess. These old-fashioned years They no longer impress It's to nineteen-nine-nine That they're rangin' And what happens then I would not like to guess For the dates they are a-changin'. Come CEOs, programmers Please join the throng The technology's yours To kill off or prolong Find a cure for what ails us So you'll right your great wrong It's your code and it needs Rearrangin'. So write a new program Make it better than Pong For the dates they are a-changin'. c 1996 Lincoln Spector. All rights reserved. MORE SONGS ... currents.net Contributed By: David Sheridan