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

To: Judge who wrote (535)	11/26/1997 10:09:00 AM
From: Josef Svejk	Respond to of 9818

Humbly report, "Computer Preparations for Euro Trail Behind Year 2000, Industry Survey Shows." From Year 2000 Wire: Message 2820303 "Initial findings reveal that: -- Levels of confidence about meeting the euro deadline range widely, from 50 percent in the United Kingdom to 90 percent in Germany, but all show significantly lower confidence concerning euro compliance than in meeting their year 2000 deadline. -- Nearly 60 percent of respondents across Europe do not know how much code will be affected by the addition of the euro to their systems. -- Key stumbling blocks include awareness of available euro solution toolsets, detailed knowledge of the applications themselves and dealing with the sheer complexity of the problem. -- 40 percent to 50 percent of respondents had given no thought to the impact of suppliers and customers requiring euro compliance by 1999. 'With the introduction of the euro just over a year away, the issues raised in the survey need to be addressed immediately,' said Colin Reardon, Viasoft's senior vice president of international operations. " Svejk (Thanks for the welcome Cathleen!)