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

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (967)	1/24/1998 4:14:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Ed Yourdon's "Time Bomb 2000" Discussion Groups - Buy the book! Some interesting discussions: MANY MORE - Comments on Financial Planning greenspun.com - Is Gold the Best Investment? greenspun.com The federal government confiscated all privately owned gold in the 30's due to the depression.. If you're going to invest a lot of money into gold, be sure to research this problem beforehand." *I didn't know this!* Check out Time Bomb 2000 UPDATES since book was released yourdon.com Yourdon's web site: yourdon.com

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (967)	1/25/1998 8:11:00 PM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

>>Taxpayers ALREADY Hurt by Year 2000 "Crisis" The full text of this article is available at: cbs.marketwatch.com Another intestesting quote from the article: Michael Higgins, president and chief executive of Century Services Inc., a Maryland computer firm handling Year 2000 problems...... cited the case of a Wall Street firm, which he didn't identify, that made an incorrect 2000 change without proper testing that cost the company about $30 million.