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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (4300)3/4/1999 1:53:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid  Respond to of 9818
 
Spare the shovels - Despite the widespread fears of breakdown, the Y2K problem appears to be manageable:

timesunion.com

>>In reasonably short time, history may very well record the computers of 2000 as the threat to civilization that never materialized. Confronting and quelling domestic hysteria is a critical early step toward such a scenario of relief rather than doom. <<<



To: C.K. Houston who wrote (4300)3/4/1999 1:58:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9818
 
Perspective on the news: The Yourdon fracas

By Mitch Ratcliffe, ZDY2K
March 3, 1999 3:03 PM ET
zdnet.com

>>Why spend more time and effort on what Ed Yourdon has to say about the economy? Because he has made himself a prominent person and used his notoriety to promote some silly ideas that, if accepted without debate, are extremely dangerous.<<<


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