Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : CheckFree Holdings Corp. (CKFR), the next Dell, Intel? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sam Biller who wrote (3494)	3/6/1999 8:36:00 PM
From: Sam Biller	Respond to of 20297

Development 'Lockdown' Predicted Before Millennium dailynews.yahoo.com SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Fear about what might lurk in the uncharted waters of the new millennium is leading some companies to postpone development of their computer systems and wait for the whole thing to blow over. ... The Forrester Y2K user survey ''found that people are going into the lockdown phase in the middle of this year,'' Howe said. ... In getting set to take on the new millennium, the fast-moving e-commerce boom is reminding people that time waits for no one -- even if it is a bit buggy. ''People are trying to gain competitive advantage in e-commerce,'' said Hambrecht and Quist analyst Walter Winnitzki. ''A lot of investment in infrastructure is going toward supporting that. There's some caution over Y2K, but companies have to keep moving forward.''