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To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (35895)1/1/1999 11:00:00 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Respond to of 94695
 
Surprising ?? Year 2000 bug bites even before 1999 dawns

Copyright © 1999 Nando Media
Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

By MARK WARBIS

Nando's 1998 in review and readers' poll on year's top news stories

BOISE, Idaho (January 1, 1999 2:22 a.m. EST nandotimes.com) - Thousands of people using outdated accounting software in their homes or businesses run the risk of getting bitten by the Year 2000 bug a year earlier than expected.

Cougar Mountain Software Inc. of Boise rushed the newest version of its Act Plus accounting program to Lynn Electric on Thursday after the small Bluefield, W.Va., company tried to close its 1998 payroll.

It was using 3 1/2-year-old software unable to translate dates that included the year 2000.

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