To: jwk who wrote (21149 ) 7/27/1998 11:58:00 AM From: John Mansfield Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 31646
Some other Y2k 'hypists': _________ SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt on Y2k: ' Will our [foreign] counterparts be ready? I'm not that sure. I said to Corporate America that if by the end of this year they are not demonstrating their readiness, I would simply stop doing business with them. . . .exchange2000.com _________ (Undersecretary of Defense) 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. exchange2000.com _________ State of Oregon - executive orderstate.or.us _________ Warning fro Unilever: The private sector warning came from such business leaders as Bob Bauman, chairman of British Aerospace; Niall Fitzgerald of Unilever;...exchange2000.com _________ UK: Utility companies have set up a war cabinet to co-ordinate their contingency plans to get the UK through the millennium crisis. exchange2000.com _________ City Of Beverly: help needed on '"hidden" stuff, imbedded chips, traffic controllers, police and fire equipment'exchange2000.com _________ '1. Diane Shields - CACI - Submarine Fire Control Systems. Subsystem vendors go out of business.'exchange2000.com _________ Shell on shipping:exchange2000.com _________ 'CHAIRMAN ROBERT Bennett, R-Utah, said a survey his office sent to 10 of the nation's largest electric, oil and gas utilities showed their preparations to ward off Year 2000 bugs were lagging. Eight of the companies had not even finished assessing their automated systems, a first step in tackling the problem, Bennett said. Message 4889066 _________ Tony Blair: 'First, awareness raising. Global awareness of the problem is patchy. In a recent survey by the World Bank, only 37 out of 128 borrowing member countries said they were even aware of the Millennium Bug. Deutsche Morgan Grenfell point out that only six countries have established national awareness-raising campaigns like Action 2000. We need to do far more and the UK can lead here. exchange2000.com _______ STOCKHOLM--Sweden may temporarily shut down its nuclear power plants on the eve of the new millennium if it can not guarantee their safety from computer problems arising from the year 2000, the country's safety watchdog said today.news.com