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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Stocks: An Investment Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Josef Svejk who wrote (10780)	4/7/1998 9:49:00 AM
From: Ken Salaets	Respond to of 13949

FYI: ENGINE FLOODED: GM'S Y2K TASK MAY BE TOO BIG (Source: @Computerworld) Does a company with an estimated 2 billion to 3 billion lines of software code and thousands of date-sensitive assembly machines in 50 countries have a prayer of meeting its year 2000 deadline? idg.net K

To: Josef Svejk who wrote (10780)	4/7/1998 9:52:00 AM
From: Risky Business	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13949

Well imagine that, little Cognicase mentioned with Xerox and IBM. "Other IT product vendors are actively pursuing their quest to become end-to-end solution providers. Last month, Xerox acquired systems integrator XLConnect Solutions Inc. for $415 million to support its document-management systems sales. A few weeks later, Xerox bought software vendor Bradley Co. as the foundation for application-management outsourcing services to be launched this summer. Also last month, software tools vendor Cognicase Inc. acquired systems integrator and consulting firm Hexagon Computer Systems Inc. to expand its geographic reach in sales and support services, and IBM spent $30 million for Chem Systems Group Inc., a management consulting firm with 160 professionals specializing in the chemicals and petroleum industries." Full article at: techweb.com