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

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2476)	8/26/1998 4:18:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

THE EURO AND THE YEAR 2000 Thursday, 10:45 - 11:30am Two of the largest business problems in history will take place within a year of each other. On January 1, 1999 the unified European currency or "Euro" will commence. On January 1, 2000 the dreaded Year 2000 problem will commence. The political decision to start the Euro one year prior to the Year 2000 problem is one of the worst public policy decisions in history. There are not enough available software resources to handle either of these problems with certainty. As a result, probably 25% of the world applications with Year 2000 problems will not be fixed in time. Key Issues Estimated numbers of latent Year 2000 problems by software class Estimated numbers of latent Euro problems by software class Industry by industry analysis of Euro and Year 2000 exposures Costs and schedules for Euro and Year 2000 repairs Economic analysis of Euro and Year 2000 damages and recovery costs dci.com