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

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1255)	3/23/1998 10:38:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

STATES OF YEAR-2000 (UN)PREPAREDNESS Companies 5-60% prepared (50-80% chance of critical failures) US, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Holland, Belgium, Sweden Companies 5-20% prepared (60-80% chance of critical failures) Ireland Companies unprepared to 20% prepared (60-100% chance of critical failures) Israel, England, Japan, Italy, Switzerland Companies unprepared to 15% prepared (70-100% chance of critical failures) Germany, Mexico, Russia, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Middle East (not Israel), Argentina, Brazil Companies unprepared to 5% prepared (80-100% chance of critical failures) Central Africa, Thailand, Philippines, Venezuela Source: Gartner Group brw.com.au

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1255)	3/23/1998 10:43:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9818

"Our future depends on what we choose to do in the next 22 months." - Dr. Leon Kappelman, conference chairman of last week's Year 2000 Conference and Expo in New York, on the role of IS managers in the looming year 2000 crisis techweb.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1255)	3/23/1998 3:35:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Financial institutions in US to get government help on Year 2000 by Jonathan Lambeth US President Bill Clinton signed into law on Friday an Act requiring federal regulatory agencies to assist financial institutions battling the Year 2000 problem. The Examination Parity and Year 2000 Readiness for Financial Institutions Act calls upon federal agencies involved in the regulation of the financial sector to conduct seminars and advise financial institutions on tackling the Year 2000. "The Year 2000 problem is one of the great challenges of the information age in which we live," said Clinton. <snip> webserv.vnunet.com