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

To: nancy L. Perkins who wrote (11466)	5/9/1998 10:16:00 PM
From: ctirry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13949

I call the attention of followers of y2k to this excerpt from a GAO report dated April 30 on the y2k problem. I think this is the just the first ripple of what is to come if this problem is not faced. Year 2000-related problems have already been identified. For example, an automated Defense Logistics Agency system erroneously deactivated 90,000 inventoried items as the result of an incorrect date calculation. According to the agency, if the problem had not been corrected (which took 400 work hours), the impact would have been catastrophic and would have seriously hampered its mission to deliver materiel in a timely manner.\6 In another case, the Department of Defense's Global Command Control System, which is used to generate a common operating picture of the battlefield for planning, executing, and managing military operations, failed testing when the date was rolled over to the Year 2000.

To: nancy L. Perkins who wrote (11466)	5/10/1998 5:56:00 PM
From: Ken Salaets	Respond to of 13949

>> If so, please send me ITAA's Certification showing same. Is this REALLY what the ITAA-sponsored cert does??? If so, I guess that I wasn't paying attention, a distinct possibility. gggg. Guess I should go dig through that website again... FYI: Rep. David Dreier (R-CA-28) is circulating a draft bill commonly refered to as a "discussion draft," which, under certain conditions, would protect manufacturers from liability, and would waive certain anti-trust restrictions to facilitate cooperation between companies. Stay tuned... K