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

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (7682)	11/9/1997 5:41:00 PM
From: Done, gone.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13949

"These claims I believe are completely absurd." By: Name: THE DUGGER Occupation\Title: Database Administrator Degree: AA Business Administration Favorite Stocks: IAIC CA SAGC Experience: About 2 years Quote: Luck is when preparation meets opportunity! "I don't believe the claims that at, as the clock changes from midnight, December 31, 1999 to 00:01 on January 1, 2000, embedded microchips everywhere will suddenly cease to function. If they did, elevators would stop between floors, the computers in your car would stop running and your car would stop, microwave ovens wouldn't work anymore, etc. etc. etc. These claims I believe are completely absurd. Why would the date even need to be programmed into these chips?" Where is this rash and most unfortunate man? --Shakepeare. techstocks.com His reasons are two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them; and when you find them they are no worth the search. --Shakespeare. An honest tale speeds best being plainly told. --Shakespeare. epri.com epri.com epri.com Bounced Czech (FBN - Typical!)

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (7682)	11/9/1997 6:03:00 PM
From: David Eddy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13949

Cheryl & All - Wall Street Journal had explicitly indicated that they did not intend to step up coverage on the (Y2K)issue until such time as BUSINESS FAILURES START TO OCCUR. Just for your own education try calling the WSJ's editorial board & see what sort of response you get. The answer will be: "We've covered it. That's not news. My editor's not interested." Personal disclaimer... the first 'substantive' coverage of Y2K by the WSJ was initiated in Tom Petzinger's "Front Lines" column on 8/25/95 depicting my 'David vs Goliath' efforts in peddling a Y2K software tool. Subsequently Petzinger has had 3 or more columns (including the one on Bob Bemer's silver-plated bullet)... & now he's been told to shut up. Try talking with the WSJ's West Coast technology reporters/editors.... Zzzzzz. - David