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

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (8838)	1/9/1998 12:08:00 AM
From: Gerald Underwood	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13949

Jeff, My first indication of John Q Public y2k recognition came from a friend of mine at lunch today. When I mentioned some of the y2k stocks I have in my portfolio, he actually had seen some mention of y2k in the media. Was clueless about imbedded systems, but I ran him through it since I was buying lunch and had a captive audience. :=) I still do not think public awareness is yet ready to warrent interest in y2k stocks. However the media attention will gradually bring awareness to the surface. Retail may well prove to be the driving force of the y2k market once psychological critical mass is attained. Best Regards, Gerry

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (8838)	1/9/1998 3:28:00 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 13949

The following are stocks listed on year2000.com as companies that are affiliated in some way with Year 2000 work and their corresponding threads here on SI: acly -- 207.183.153.206 crysf -- 207.183.153.206 mapx -- 207.183.153.206 seec -- 207.183.153.206 agcr -- 207.183.153.206 csc -- 207.183.153.206 mast -- 207.183.153.206 segu -- 207.183.153.206 ags -- 207.183.153.206 csgi -- 207.183.153.206 mcic -- 207.183.153.206 spnsf -- 207.183.153.206 alrc -- 207.183.153.206 cstf -- 207.183.153.206 merq -- 207.183.153.206 spri -- 207.183.153.206 alyd -- 207.183.153.206 czt -- 207.183.153.206 mifgy -- 207.183.153.206 ssax -- 207.183.153.206 amswa -- 207.183.153.206 ddddf -- 207.183.153.206 mlu.al -- 207.183.153.206 ssw -- 207.183.153.206 amsy -- 207.183.153.206 ddim -- 207.183.153.206 mvsi -- 207.183.153.206 sunw -- 207.183.153.206 anly -- 207.183.153.206 dec -- 207.183.153.206 ncr -- 207.183.153.206 sybs -- 207.183.153.206 asi -- 207.183.153.206 dsft -- 207.183.153.206 neom -- 207.183.153.206 synt -- 207.183.153.206 at -- 207.183.153.206 dsys -- 207.183.153.206 niqu -- 207.183.153.206 syny -- 207.183.153.206 atec -- 207.183.153.206 ecsgy -- 207.183.153.206 noc -- 207.183.153.206 tdm -- 207.183.153.206 aud -- 207.183.153.206 eds -- 207.183.153.206 nrl -- 207.183.153.206 tesi -- 207.183.153.206 bdmi -- 207.183.153.206 egns -- 207.183.153.206 ntpl -- 207.183.153.206 tfrc -- 207.183.153.206 bel -- 207.183.153.206 emc -- 207.183.153.206 nwre -- 207.183.153.206 tpii -- 207.183.153.206 brcp -- 207.183.153.206 encc -- 207.183.153.206 ols -- 207.183.153.206 tpro -- 207.183.153.206 btgi -- 207.183.153.206 fbna -- 207.183.153.206 onup -- 207.183.153.206 tsg -- 207.183.153.206 ca -- 207.183.153.206 forsf -- 207.183.153.206 opsy -- 207.183.153.206 tsim -- 207.183.153.206 caci -- 207.183.153.206 frxu.v -- 207.183.153.206 orcl -- 207.183.153.206 tsk -- 207.183.153.206 cayn -- 207.183.153.206 gac.to -- 207.183.153.206 phxu -- 207.183.153.206 tsri -- 207.183.153.206 cbr -- 207.183.153.206 gart -- 207.183.153.206 plat -- 207.183.153.206 ttn -- 207.183.153.206 cbsl -- 207.183.153.206 gpw.v -- 207.183.153.206 pms -- 207.183.153.206 ucmp -- 207.183.153.206 ccee -- 207.183.153.206 gte -- 207.183.153.206 prtg -- 207.183.153.206 uis -- 207.183.153.206 cdo -- 207.183.153.206 hit -- 207.183.153.206 psft -- 207.183.153.206 vias -- 207.183.153.206 cfs -- 207.183.153.206 iaic -- 207.183.153.206 ptus -- 207.183.153.206 vxtk -- 207.183.153.206 chrz -- 207.183.153.206 ibm -- 207.183.153.206 rel -- 207.183.153.206 walk -- 207.183.153.206 clmt -- 207.183.153.206 ifmx -- 207.183.153.206 rhi -- 207.183.153.206 wang -- 207.183.153.206 cmsx -- 207.183.153.206 imrs -- 207.183.153.206 romc -- 207.183.153.206 whit -- 207.183.153.206 cogif -- 207.183.153.206 infm -- 207.183.153.206 saa -- 207.183.153.206 zitl -- 207.183.153.206 cognf -- 207.183.153.206 isli -- 207.183.153.206 scbi -- 207.183.153.206 zmax -- 207.183.153.206 cosi -- 207.183.153.206 kea -- 207.183.153.206 sctc -- 207.183.153.206 cpwr -- 207.183.153.206 lgsa.m -- 207.183.153.206 sds -- 207.183.153.206

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (8838)	1/9/1998 2:35:00 PM
From: Judge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13949

From "The Front Lines", page B1 of today's Wall St. Journal: "The Year 2000 Panic Hits: If you delay fixing your millennium bugs until 1999, you may be in for wake-up call in 1998. Date-related failures will surge this year as computers attempt routine two-year date operations and mistake "00" for 1900. A working group in Washington begins contingency planning this month, warning members that "quite a few problems" will pop up this year. The rush to meet a compliance deadline in banking could cause fourth-quarter operating snafus. Vital system upgrades will go on hold as resources shift to date repairs. By year end practically every programmer will be spoken for. Watch for some breathtaking repair estimates in this spring's 10-Ks. Reality check: despite predictions from some professionals, the millennium glitch won't cause a global financial meltdown. Linear extrapolations rarely hit the mark in a world full of learning and nonlinearity. But problems will erupt, and some could be big. The industrial supply chain and the IRS may be especially vulnerable. The bottom line: any big organization failing to lick its problem in 1998 will be hosed in 1999." by Thomas Petzinger, Jr. Sorry, no link -- I read this in my hard-copy while eating lunch. My best to all. Cathleen