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Technology Stocks : Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Mansfield who wrote (273)	3/26/1998 5:04:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 618

'Taiwan: They will be ordered to shut down in mid-1999. 'Taiwan bugged by two millennium changeovers <snip> Organizations in such sectors must demonstrate Year 2000 compliance before April 1999 or face severe discipline. Banks, nuclear power stations, airlines and other entities that don't pass muster in official inspections simply won't be given the chance to fail on January 1, 2000. They will be ordered to shut down in mid-1999. dailynews.yahoo.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (273)	3/28/1998 4:50:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 618

Parliament turns to banks to unmask Y2K danger zones by Lisa Kelly British banks have turned big brother - at the urging of a Commons select committee they are to monitor customers' Year 2000 preparations and publish "a broad consensus" of results on a Web site this summer. The British Bankers Association's (BBA) Year 2000 working party on risk management has decided banks should pool information to identify "international and domestic hotspots" - sectors where there are particular Y2K problems and risks. <snip> Some banking figures greeted the plan with caution. Jerrard Long, senior manager responsible for Year 2000 planning at Midland Bank said:"We have to be very careful how we manage sensitive information. The Web site needs thinking through. The information will need updating. We could flag up areas of concern - for example if a certain embedded system's production line was at risk." <snip> Ian Hugo, assistant director of Y2K pressure group Taskforce 2000, said: "This sounds like a very good idea - finding out who the laggard companies are in the big shit. I suspect small chemical plants are among the hot spots - they do literally blow up if they go wrong." webserv.vnunet.com