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

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1258)	3/23/1998 11:32:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

The Stock Market and Y2K: Getting Out? y2ktimebomb.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1258)	3/23/1998 4:21:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

FCW: 'Legislation not Year 2000 solution MARCH 23, 1998 EDITORIAL Legislation not Year 2000 solution In what is beginning to look more and more like a high-stakes game of "Tag - You're It," the Clinton administration now is considering asking Congress for legislation that would make federal contractors more accountable for Year 2000 computer fixes. <snip> fcw.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1258)	3/23/1998 4:24:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

'About that year 2000: It may be much worse than you think <snip> 'The real problem is that there are millions of these chip-based devices. Most of them understand 00. Most of them correctly roll over to year 2000. But the small percentage that don't do this could cause more headaches than a second-grade class on a field trip. One bad chip in a satellite, plane, CAT scan, assembly line, or missile system can help ensure we have one lousy New Year's Day. We're not talking just big corporations anymore. We're talking about power plants. Hospitals. City governments. Federal governments. And the governments of such strange, faraway places as Russia, Indonesia, Brazil or Arkansas. <snip> amcity.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1258)	3/23/1998 4:29:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Watchdog calls for 2000 bug back up By Mary Fagan DON Cruickshank, the head of the government's millennium action group, is acting to avert chaos in public services at the turn of the century by calling for contingency plans in gas, water, electricity and telecoms. Cruickshank, chairman of Action 2000, is to meet on Tuesday with senior executives from the utility industries, local government officials, the police and government depertments. Cruickshank is concerned that essential services such as electricity and clean water could be hit by failure of computer chips embedded in systems. This could be a serious effect of the "millennium bomb" - from software which cannot tell between centuries. He said: "We must ensure that there is no material disruption of public services. In some ways, this is the most important thing the government can do." telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000158118408973&pg=/et/98/3/22/cmil22.html