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

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2030)	6/21/1998 6:43:00 PM
From: Starfish*	Respond to of 9818

John, I'm just trying to point out, just about every Y2K website, Cory, DeJager, Gary North, etc., just reading them you are left with the words "catastrophic, disaster,meltdown" ringing in you mind. As if they are trying to scare the hell out of you over this issue. I don't think I'm being that much of an optimist, just wanting to read more of "we're making progress at this, or our backup is this plan, We know what we have to do if X happens. I'm more used to solving problems and focusing on that aspect, rather than trying to scare people that don't have, technical insight to the magnitude of the problem. I just feel like much of this is to intentionally scare the many who don't understand the problem.. Many professionals think that the "scare tactic" will cause a bigger reaction than the actual problem. Would like to see some kind of balance in posting, some of the progress and solutions , and triage could be just as informing to people as frightening them with the "what if they don't fix it" scenarios. I am invested in Y2K solution companies, or would rather say people that are working to solve the problems, would like to know how they are doing, rather than the preachers of disaster and economic meltdown.

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2030)	6/22/1998 2:01:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9818

'Military on Year 2000 alert ' Hamre said the situation is so grim that the Pentagon is developing a program to share data from US early-warning satellites with other countries, including Russia and China. Otherwise, come 2000, such nations may find themselves in the dark, uncertain whether an attack is coming or not - which, in a crisis, could provoke great anxiety. Blair, who has interviewed several Russian nuclear officers, said Russia faces particularly dire straits. Since its army has collapsed, it is relying far more on its nuclear weapons for security. And, because of shortages in manpower and money, its nuclear weapons are becoming increasingly vulnerable and its early-warning network more riddled with gaps. ''Y2K is just a piling-on of a whole nest of problems,'' Blair said. boston.com