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To: John Mansfield who wrote (31)	10/27/1998 3:36:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 44

I have posted this on the German liberal party (FDP) site: ' scaring? OPINION... why am I posting here.... Dear Asterix, No, I am not trying to scare anybody. It is very good to hear that lots of professionals in Germany are taking this Y2k issue very seriously, and are trying to fix it. However, I am posting many articles on this board for several reasons: - To further raise awareness on this issue. At least on the federal government level, Germany is clearly lagging countries such as Canada, NZ, USA, UK, Scandinavian countries, Netherlands. In those countries the federal government is publicly working on contingency plans, as cvan be read on many different Y2k sites (e.g. look at www.year2000.com). - Also, I hope to get in touch with other Germans to see what actions can be taken to enhance awareness of the problem. (contrary to the US and UK, only now and then some major news articles on Y2k appear. Recently Fokus magazine did a proper article. It is not enough to start Y2k remediation in all small businesses and at local governments and smaller electric utilities. Just ask around; and ask when they plan to be finished with the work). - In the Bundestag; almost no questions have been asked so far (the Green party did this last year; see an earlier post on this board). There is no indication at all that the new government plans of the SPD/Green coalition take a possible Y2k induced recession into account. Compare this e.g. to the Dutch or the UK government. In my opinion this will rapidly change the coming months. We will discuss this again in January 1999 (1/1/1999 and 1/4/1999 are critical dates; we will see much more problems after those dates; and therefore more publicity). Regards, John fdp.de

To: John Mansfield who wrote (31)	11/11/1998 5:06:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44

from a German Y2k site: 'Autor: asterix Datum: 11.11.1998 22:13 Tips fuer PC-Einsatz in Verwaltung Hallo, liebe Mitdiskutanten, Hier eine Web-Seite vom Landesamt fuer Datenverarbeitung und Statistik Brandenburg zum Einsatz von PCs in Buero und Verwaltung und Jahr-2000-Problem. Etwas trocken, aber mit vielen Links zu Herstellern, Vergleich verschiedener PC-Test-Verfahren, Software-Patches, Anleitung fuer PC-Tests und einem englischen Y2k-Dokument in deutscher Uebersetzung: brandenburg.de MfG asterix fdp.de