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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Stocks: An Investment Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JDN who wrote (13261)	11/11/1998 9:14:00 AM
From: SOROS	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13949

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 11/09/98 Bloomberg News BOCA RATON, Fla. U.S. securities companies are leading their European counterparts in preparing for the year 2000 computer bug, largely because European firms are focused on changing to a single currency. "The euro is really crushing them for resources," said Michael Tiernan, Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.'s vice president of information technology, at a workshop on the year 2000 problem at the Securities Industry Association's annual meeting in Boca Raton.

To: JDN who wrote (13261)	11/12/1998 4:53:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13949

from de.alt.jahr2000 (German Y2k newsgroup; yes they do exist in other countries ;-)) From: Hans Brinkers <vdwoude@cistron.nl> 11:32 Subject: Niederlande: Herr Gates, Hilfe bitte... Dutch Government asks Microsoft to tackle Y2K bug by Mike Ackermans - De Volkskrant THE HAGUE, 11-12-1998 --The national government will start negotiations with the American software giant Microsoft to find a solution for the millennium bug, the error in software and computers that may cause problems after january 1st, 2000. It's the first time the national government, speaking for almost all Ministries, will address an individual software supplier on the bug. Later on during the discussions with Microsoft the matter of of liability for costs and damages will be raised, according to people involved. During a first meeting Microsoft's representatives showed a 'very cooperative' attitude. De discussions with Microsoft will be lead by a special working group of the Ministry of Traffic and Public Works, according to a yet undisclosed report of that Department. That Ministry itself claims to be quite advanced in the fight against the bug, in which it earlier on had contact with Microsoft's branch in the Netherlands. Following suite the central Y2K organization, the so called Millennium Platform (http://www.mp2000.nl) asked the working group mentioned before to start negotiations for all Ministries. Nevertheless some Ministries still consider separatie discussions with the Amerivan software producer. Microsoft supplies companies and individuals with software like Windows and special programs like wordprocessing, spreadsheets and databases. The company, owned by the well known business tycoon Bill Gates, always has wholeheartedly admitted that parts of its software is not millennium proof. Afflicted sofware includes some versions of Win95 and WinNT and parts of the Office Suite. Microsoft supports solutions by offering 'repair sets', predominantly though the internet. This is problematic since these have to be installed on individual computers. This would be a tedious and very costly job for the Ministries, which are now in the process of finding out the number of 'objects' and remediation costs involved. During a discussion in the Dutch Parliament several members summoned the government to issue a law forcing industry to disclose information on their preparedness. According to Minister Borst of the Health Department hospitals consider a partial closure during the first weeks of 2000, as a means of limiting risks from non functional devices.