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To: Captain Jack who wrote (24881)	11/18/1998 5:37:00 AM
From: R. Bond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

FYI Last night, Channel 4 evening news (a major U.K. network) did a feature on Y2K including a live interview with Margaret Beckett, the Cabinet member in charge of Y2K. (First, I must mention that these interviews are generally far more in-depth than those we are used to seeing in the U.S.) Interestingly, the interviewer quickly turned to embedded systems and Beckett went into an explanation of the problem and said that, while most originally thought computers would be the main Y2K problem, people now realize that embedded systems will be the main obstacle. Beckett also explained that the government's program to enlist 20,000 ‘Bug Busters' to help small businesses, begun 7 months ago by Tony Blair, has only 2,000 Busters so far. A major feature of the program is the offer to train employees of small businesses in Y2K, for free. Beckett finds it disturbing that so few small businesses have responded and pointed out that this could be a bad sign of what is to come on the date change. Earlier, on another channel, there was a (scaremongering) piece on the fact that the government is making arrangements with the Army for New Years Day 2000. There was a lower-level politician looking a bit nervous, trying to make it all sound innocuous, and giving few straight answers. His manner was enough to make us all run for the hills. A Cabinet member taking on Y2K? Hello, Bill Clinton. Cheers, Bond