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

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (1064)	2/12/1998 9:49:00 PM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Report from the Regent Conference in UK. Gloom and doom beyond y2k. telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000158118408973&pg=/et/98/2/12/ecanal12.html

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (1064)	2/14/1998 6:18:00 PM
From: Roleigh Martin	Respond to of 9818

C.K., thanks for the link to my pages. I want to let people in this thread know about two authorized reprints of Ed Yourdon that I have at my web site. The first is a debate thread on Y2000 and banking; the second on why Y2000 upgrade projects are so risky. Both are reprints not available to the general public on the web except here. The second one is perhaps the best Y2000 analysis in a single article I've seen by anyone anywhere. ourworld.compuserve.com and ourworld.compuserve.com

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (1064)	2/15/1998 7:26:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

I changed the intro post for this thread, in case anyone's interested. Subject 16203 My favorite Y2K links are now in ONE spot. I feel these are the most important ones to keep up on what's going on ... and NOT going on. Cheryl

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (1064)	3/14/1998 2:36:00 PM
From: I. M. Vronsky	Respond to of 9818

An Iceberg Called Y2K The financial world is on a collision course - and the date of impact is Midnight December 31, 1999. When the hammer strikes the 12th gong, the financial world may be brought to its knees from Boston to Berne to Bahrain to Baghdad to Bangkok to Beijing. In an instant financial time will hit a time-warp - and be instantly transported back 100 YEARS to One Minute Past New Years Eve, 1900! Computer chips worldwide will be confusing the start of the New Year 2000 with 1900. the subsequent information debacle could be devastating to all aspects of our lives. With every day that passes in the Year 2000 countdown, this drama will unfold to reveal more and more evidence; evidence that will strike fear in the hearts of every single one of us. Right now, public awareness is almost nil - and the traditional media in its ignorance is treating the emerging Y2K peril in an almost cavalier fashion. Nevertheless, the Year 2000 iceberg is dead ahead and there is no doubt there will be a destructive and disorganizing impact. Many computer literate people have a rather blas‚ attitude about the looming information disaster. But like the proverbial ostrich who stupidly seeks safety by burying only his head in the sand, their "butts" will be totally exposed to the danger which may disrupt their lives for the a generation to come. If you personally consider the imminent peril is nothing to get all upset about, then I defy you to explain why Citibank - the bank whose slogan is "Your key to banking convenience - around the corner, around the world" - has publicly announced it has ALREADY set aside $600 MILLION to try to resolve the problem BEFORE THE FATAL DAY! Think of it, one bank is going to spend $600,000,000.00 in anticipation of this perplexing dilemma. Can you possibly imagine how much the U.S. government will need to spend? All the other governments in the world? All the other banks in the world? All the large corporations in the world? If you can. then you have just sighted the "TIP OF THE LOOMING ICEBERG CALLED Y2K." Analyst Todd J. Heuskin has researched the Y2K dilemma. His comprehensive and insightful treatise will at once startle you. and hopefully help prepare you for the coming information debacle - which has potential to adversely influence all aspects of our material lives. Mr. Heuskin graciously and generously shares his insightful thoughts with us. His report, "An Iceberg Called Y2K" may be seen at the following website (it's FREE): Part - I: gold-eagle.com Part - II: gold-eagle.com