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To: flatsville who wrote (4047)	2/23/1999 2:30:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

interesting article - tmn.com

To: flatsville who wrote (4047)	2/23/1999 2:31:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

Weekly reports of Carmichael and Frautschi tmn.com

To: flatsville who wrote (4047)	2/23/1999 2:44:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

'*** The only way to find out what is really happening is to talk with programmers, and to create programmer forums. I am struck by how most managers and most of the public think that its just a question of doing the work. But the programming is very messy, lots of judgment calls daily, many programmers are not happy with. Remember the smart wisdom of a year ago:" I not a technical problem, it's a management problem." This was dead wrong by half. We are trying to manage y2k as a management problem, a PR problem, a legal problem. Bu we have forgotten that at the societal level we also need to manage it as a technical problem. The places that ought to be involved, like the computer societies, the computer schools, the IEEE, NIST, are way too silent. ' tmn.com

To: flatsville who wrote (4047)	2/23/1999 2:52:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

'50% of the 19 Largest Japanese Banks Are 25% Compliant asked in the TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) Q&A Forum -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Japan's fical year 2000 begin in April of this year? If this is so, how could they possibly prevent catastrophe? USA Today -- Mark Mastrorilli (mastrorilli@hotmail.com), February 23, 1999 Answers I'm sure I've seen somewhere on this bulletin board that Japan's fiscal 1999 starts on April 1, 1999; their fiscal 2000 starts April 1, 2000. Someone else feel free to chime in with a link or pointer to somewhere else that would confirm this. -- Don (whytocay@hotmail.com), February 23, 1999. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following info is from the home page on this site (www.yourdon.com) on the sidebar index (emphasis mine): Only 311 days to Jan 1, 2000 Only 36 days to Apr 1, 1999: beginning of 1999-2000 fiscal year for Japan, Canada, and New York State Only 41 days to Apr 6, 1999: beginning of U.K. government 1999-2000 fiscal year Only 127 days to Jul 1, 1999: beginning of 1999-2000 fiscal year for Australia and 46 U.S. states Only 179 days to Aug 22, 1999, when GPS satellite system rolls over Only 219 days to Oct 1, 1999: beginning of U.S. federal government 1999-2000 fiscal year -- Rob Michaels (sonofdust@net.com), February 23, 1999. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contribute an answer to "50% of the 19 Largest Japanese Banks Are 25% Compliant" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- timebomb2000@yourdon.com

To: flatsville who wrote (4047)	2/23/1999 3:32:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 9818

Paranoid 'Millennium Fears' is so bad it's scary dallasnews.com

To: flatsville who wrote (4047)	2/23/1999 3:35:00 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

I've really had it with this moron. How might Y2K bite the economy---by Mitch Rafcliff zdnet.com He states: *Now, I'm no economist, but I have done more homework on the economy that Ed Yourdon.* That's debatable Mitch...You done more homework, eh? Well buddy if you're going to parrot a "real economist" at least have the decency to get her name right...It's Fosler...F...O...S...L...E...R Not Foster! Is she actually assisting you in this effort or are you just out there in unknown territory all by your lonesome?