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

To: Don S.Boller who wrote (837)	1/5/1998 9:50:00 PM
From: STLMD	Respond to of 9818

To all: Looks like Y2k is ramping up in the media. Check out the references for today: January 5, 1998: Irish Times: Whistle-blowers to catch Year 2000 firms The New York Times: Waiting for Millennium 'Panic Level' to Rise Houston Business Journal: Banks face concerns over 'Year 2000 problem' Federal Computer Week: YEAR 2000: HCFA warns noncompliant contractors Federal Computer Week: Adding a dose of reality to Y2K Federal Computer Week: Year 2000 survival is No. 1 priority for federal agencies Houston Business Journal: 2097: The year that will have been Baltimore Business Journal: Survey: U.S. firms slow on 2000 issue South Florida Business Journal: Welcome, New Year Welcome, Peril Business First of Louisville: M 'Millennium bug' will be a ton of trouble NZ Business Herald: Future shock for police computer Pittsburg Business Times: SEECing new profit: Year 2000 ace must focus on other services to grow Boston Business Journal: The Computer doomsday? Y2K crisis has companies counting the days to 2000 and wondering if they will be around for 2001 Baltimore Business Journal: For banks, time is up for year 2000 problem The Business Journal of Phoenix: On The Money: Year 2000 survey The New York Times: As More Traps Loom, 1997's High Scores for Banks May Be Hard to Repeat Australian Financial Review: ATO throws doubt over the bug tab The Age: Making the best of an electronic time bomb The Age: Courting disaster on a costly date with destiny Financial Times: Bill will help avert computer disaster (requires free registration) InformationWeek: 1998:Year Of Conversions -- Making systems comply with the year 2000 and Europe's new currency should keep IS departments busy this year InformationWeek: Surge In Services -- Year 2000, labor shortages, and profitability goals drive services demand InformationWeek: Conversion Crunch -- Businesses turn to automated tools to complete year 2000 compliance efforts InformationWeek: Resellers, Integrators In Demand -- IT buyers will seek top-notch partners for their '98 projects InformationWeek: IT Spending In '98:Full Speed Ahead -- Despite the global economy's volatility, most senior Computer Reseller News: Year 2000 sales go bust -- Analysts see pluses and minuses ahead in 1998 American Banker: Manifest Destiny Pushed Banks to Grow in 1997 year2000.com Looks like Louisville Kentucky has a length or two on the field amcity.com Stephen.