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C.S.Y2K 25 - 28 Jan 1998: Gartner; Money Mag.; IBM; other stuff Thanks to authors mentioned. John _________ 'Gartner Group are saying: not enough time left to address Y2K.gartner.com Regards, Eric Ulevikozemail.com.au "The Best in Sydney" ' _________ 'Jim Cobbs wrote: > > Article entitled, "Beat the Year 2000 Bug" appears in the most >recent issue (the biggie Mutual Funds issue) on page 49. > As with most Money Magazine articles this one gives the problem >the once over, decides it's not a Gotterdammerung (Quotes Yardeni > for a 40% chance of "recession") issue and gives some useful, but >not extreme, advice. The most interesting part of the article is an >emphasis on the fact that Y2000 is going to cause problems in >1998 and 1999 -- some of them big. This is important; it is the first appearance of a educated article on Y2K, one which shows the real problems that will hit, in an investor-oriented magazine. I think it represents one more stake in the heart of Y2K denial. ' <snip> Jim Rivera ___________ 'To those who are wondering what is the latest about a given vendor and their products, IBM has updated their Y2K page with an extensive list of non-IBM vendors, services and products with their Y2K status. The compilation is international providing information by country. The page is at:www2.software.ibm.com This may answer some of the questions that crop up about certain products. Alex' _______ 'Here is one for the books. At a customer site which shall remain nameless, they wrote an app in Visual Basic to track all corporate apps and their y2k status, etc. Guess what. The app couldn't handle 2000 dates!!! Needless to say they're fixing it. Oh boy we are doomed come the new Millenium Gary Nutbeam - reformed MS bigot Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance - British SAS "The Seven P's" rule.' ________ 'I want some reliable info related to analyzers for VB. If anyone knows, please let me know. Thanks CN' <JM: Ha! some months ago I suggested that Microsoft one day might turn up with such a tool. There seems to be demand for it!>