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To: John Mansfield who wrote (29163)	2/28/1999 6:29:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Y2K - Microsoft Windows 98 FAILS Compliance Says French Minister << Microsoft's Windows 98 operating system and its version 4.5 of the Works application program have failed Year 2000 compliance tests, a French government minister revealed Thursday. Tests by the national Directorate for Competition and Prevention of Fraud (DGCCRF) had shown the systems would be unable to recognize the year 2000, said Marylise Lebranchu, minister for small and medium businesses. -- cont'd -- >> sightings.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (29163)	2/28/1999 11:58:00 AM
From: Alex	Respond to of 116764

<<Then there is the double-whammy Japanese effect. No-one's quite sure about the implications for US bonds of Japan's plans to issue vast quantities of bonds, even without the long-standing fears that the Japanese might start cashing in their US bond chips and repatriating their money. Those fears have been about for a long time, but this time around they come with the underlying theory that the Japanese may be compelled (persuaded?) to bring some money home so they can take their proper share of the to-be-issued JGBs.>> smh.com.au