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

To: David C Mapes who wrote (7676)	11/9/1997 10:32:00 AM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13949

>>What, if anything, do congressmen do during recess ?<< Fund-raising, same as when they're in session.

To: David C Mapes who wrote (7676)	11/9/1997 2:51:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 13949

Dave, <What, if anything, do congressmen do during recess?> Golf Cheryl P.S. They do the fund-raising when they're supposed to be in session!

To: David C Mapes who wrote (7676)	11/9/1997 5:49:00 PM
From: David Eddy	Respond to of 13949

David - I've heard that congress will be in recess starting this week until late January or February. They do start recess this coming week. If you're at all concerned, now is the time to get on the phones/e-mail to drown the congressional/senate aides in LOUD cries for action. Proposing legislation & getting it passed are different ativities. Senator Bennett & Congressman Leach are tossing up trial balloons to see what the reaction is. Now's the time to tell these folks to get their butts in gear...be sure to hit on your own reps because they (the aides) will listen... Remember these are lawyers, they don't have a technical clue in their body... Bill Gates spoke at a Congressional caucus (informal meeting) way back sometime in '96 & totally tossed off Y2K as irrelevant, at which point the early crusaders were forced into silence & the sleeping majority crowed: "See I told you this was a hoax! Mr Bazillions says so & he couldn't possibly be wrong!!" For some ammunition you might want to surf on over.... >The President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection has >released an unclassified version of the report titled: "Critical Foundations." > >The full report is made up of 5 .pdf files and can be downloaded at: > >http://www.pccip.gov/report_index.html > - David

To: David C Mapes who wrote (7676)	11/9/1997 9:40:00 PM
From: David C Mapes	Respond to of 13949

The following uninformed reporting hurts the effort to provide accurate awareness of the y2k problem. I think the author is under the impression that the y2k problem applies only to PCs. The Age: Simple millennium bug solution claimed theage.com.au AN Australian software company claims to have found a solution to the feared computer "millennium bug". It will cost just $300. Bruce Parker, chairman of MFX Research, last week unveiled a program, Millennium Master, that he said would find and destroy the millennium bug with just one computer disc. ALSO Parker said vested interests were trying to stymie a cheap, simple solution such as his. "Instead of paying $20,000 a megabyte, this will cost $2 a megabyte. Instead of taking an average six weeks to fix a computer system, this will take six seconds," he said. Will Companies waiting for the "silver bullet" be calling? I understand that FBN is licensing their tool the "Millennium Master" {;^}) dave