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To: John Mansfield who wrote (104)	8/1/1998 4:42:00 PM
From: Lucky Lady	Respond to of 151

Some people can't handle stress and/or are not independent thinkers or researches. They deny a potential problem and close down rather than dealing with it. Just bring them along slowly and don't panic. As time goes on more will understand the problem. LL

To: John Mansfield who wrote (104)	8/5/1998 6:59:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 151

'Last person that we heard from was Gary Beach, Publisher of CIO Magazine. Gary did not paint a "rosy" picture by any means, in fact, it almost sounded as if he was on the "doomsayer soap box". However, he did bring up an interesting point: Suppose the telecommunications companies are actually able to get their entire network Y2K complaint and we were even able to have international network. The telcom network now presents us with a paradox - on the one hand, we are relieved to have a sound telecommunications infrastructure and for the most part our telecommunications, data transfers, etc. will be "business as usual". However, on the other hand a totally functioning telecommunications network, and more importantly, international telecommunications network, may become the Trojan horse which will deliver non-compliant Y2K issues into our Y2K compliant environments. Other facts that Gary related: his magazine did a study which showed that over 50% of the 23 million small businesses in the US, intend to do absolutely nothing about Y2K. And that 71% of the companies in the world, do not know what Y2K is. ______ From: Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 17:34:53 -0700 To: year2000-discuss@year2000.com From: Ron Blaise <informed@oknext.com> Subject: Sighting: Sen. Bennett and Telco Industry Leaders on C-SPAN

To: John Mansfield who wrote (104)	8/5/1998 7:14:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 151

WSJ: '"Y2K entrepreneurs are like recently hatched mosquitoes-they have only a brief time to suck blood before they die." _______ Wow - this is a keeper! Lets see how this one will turn around in a few months John _______ WSJ journalist: 'Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 09:23:08 +0100 To: year2000-discuss@year2000.com From: "Patrick O'Beirne" <pobeirne@sysmod.ie> Subject: WSJ: Kedrosky on Y2K Only available to WSJ subscribers, but this quote is good... interactive.wsj.com DSB90071552548719000.djm& [snip] To Figure Out Y2K Hype, Follow the Money Manager's Journal - By Paul Kedrosky [paul.kedrosky@commerce.ubc.ca] "Y2K entrepreneurs are like recently hatched mosquitoes-they have only a brief time to suck blood before they die."