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Microcap & Penny Stocks : TPII - Year 2000 (Y2K); Groupware; Client Server Migration -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BRB who wrote (5419)	3/30/1998 1:54:00 PM
From: Bobby Yellin	Respond to of 10903

ps..just quickly spoke to my friend about BMR solution..he was an assembly programmer for years..it said that is one solution.. but I guess everybody old to the thread thinks the same thing :> new Bobby

To: BRB who wrote (5419)	3/30/1998 2:35:00 PM
From: Patrick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10903

Tid Bits on Y2K from RCFofC (source identified at end of post) Seems that opportunities abound!! Y2K Update. This week finds several interesting Year 2000 tidbits: * Meta Group founder Dale Kutnick believes that the total bill associated with recording only the last two digits of a year will hit the $400-$500 billion range, according to the March 20 Computergram International. * A recent Office of Management and Budget report expects the price tag for ridding U.S. government systems of their Y2K bugs will now top $4.7 billion (http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,20206,00.html?dd.ne.tx.fs). California Representative Stephen Horn suggests, "I think it's going to be closer to $10 billion when we're done with this." The OMB also singled out six agencies as being particularly behind the Y2K eight ball. Similar to dire predictions made in Australia last week (http://www.digital.com/rcfoc/980323.htm#The_Y2K), the March 18 New York Times reports that Gene L. Dorado, the U.S. General Accounting Office's assistant comptroller general for the accounting and information management division, found, "This leaves over 3,500 mission-critical systems, as well as thousands of non-mission-critical systems, still to be repaired, and over 1,100 systems to be replaced. It is unlikely that agencies can complete this vast amount of work on time. Contingency plans should be developed for all core business functions." Pretty scary. And even more so when we realize that the same specter is hanging over most businesses as well. That last suggestion, about having formal "contingency plans" in place, sounds like a good idea for all. Y2K information and pointers are widely available, such as from Digital at digital.com . But wherever you look, whatever you do, don't be a Y2K ostrich. Hiding from this problem could be the ultimate career-limiting move. Source Information: About the "Rapidly Changing Face of Computing". "The Rapidly Changing Face of Computing" is a weekly technology journal providing insight, analysis and commentary on contemporary computing and the technologies that drive it. The RCFoC is written by Jeffrey R. Harrow (jeff.harrow@digital.com), a Senior Consulting Engineer with the Corporate Research & Advanced Development Group of Digital Equipment Corporation. The RCFoC is published as a service of, but not necessarily reflecting the opinions of, Digital Equipment Corporation. Copyright (c) 1998, Digital Equipment Corporation. All rights reserved. Where To Find the "Rapidly Changing Face of Computing" Technology Journal You can subscribe to this weekly journal which will help you keep up on the changes that are constantly occurring in our industry! AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT NO CHARGE * Via the Web -- Read it via the World Wide Web, at digital.com * Via PointCast -- Install PointCast Version 2 or later from pointcast.com , and then point your Web browser to digital.com to have the RCFoC installed under PointCast's "Connection" tab. * Via Email -- each issue will be delivered automatically to your Email mailbox. Alternatively, a brief "notification-only message" can be mailed to you as each new issue is posted to the Web. To subscribe to one or both of these Automatic Email mailings, you can: * Via the Web, choose the appropriate options on the self-explanatory subscription page at digital.com , or * Via Email, send a mail message to majordomo@majordomo.das-x.dec.com with a BLANK subject line. In the BODY of the message (on a single line), enter: subscribe rapidly-changing-face-of-computing YourEmailAddress or subscribe rapidly-changing-face-of-computing-notify YourEmailAddress depending on if you wish the full issue Emailed to you, or only a notification that a new issue is available on its Web site. You'll receive a confirmation via Email.