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

To: Jeff Redman who wrote (2698)	10/13/1998 9:19:00 PM
From: RagTimeBand	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

>>An overwhelming majority of information systems managers surveyed last month by Computerworld are highly confident their systems will be compliant by Jan. 1, 2000. And more than 72% of the 203 IS managers surveyed believe that the year 2000 problem won't impact the U.S. economy significantly.<< Somehow I'm skeptical, maybe it's because of surveys like the following: Message 5858136

To: Jeff Redman who wrote (2698)	10/14/1998 12:30:00 PM
From: David Eddy	Respond to of 9818

Jeff - An overwhelming majority of information systems managers surveyed last month by Computerworld are highly confident their systems will be compliant by Jan. 1, 2000. And more than 72% of the 203 IS managers surveyed believe that the year 2000 problem won't impact the U.S. economy significantly. I saw that article. Can't say that I have any solid facts that can refute the claim, but I just wonder what the historical track record for on-time project completion those managers have? My experience has been that when you ask for historical comparisons ("How well have you turned out projects in the past?") the typical response is a puzzled look. My experience has been that projects are reported on track right up until they're to go live & then huge slippages are suddenly discovered. Maybe it's just been my luck to work in below average shops...but that's certainly not what they told me in the hiring interviews. <g> - David