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

To: Christine Traut who wrote (4383)	3/8/1999 3:11:00 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Yes, as a matter of fact I can. It has that grinding metalic sound... I also ran across information that the Suez Canal is planning to close December 31 as well. I'm certain you're correct in your "stand down" theory. My father last took a ship through the Panama Canal sometime in the late 1960s. If I recall correctly it took most of 3 days to go through the locks. It was a cumbersome, time consuming, and somewhat nerve racking process from what he described. Large ship, narrow canal, little sleep. Not a place you want to have one or more unremediated, stalled ships in transit. I imagine the shipping lanes approaching the canal from both ends will start to resemble parking lots come December. Re: your comment to Cheryl re: Mitch Ratcliffe. The information presented at the y2k global implications hearing last Fri. was relatively up to date as best I could determine (at least the testimony given by Bridgers from the State Dept. and Gershwin sans CIA) because I noticed it contained changes and revisions to info I had heard a few weeks to months earlier. As far as the three consultants (Gartner Group, Cap Gemini and the Italain guy) who knows...The point is behind is behind...if a given sector or country was 3, 6, or 18 mos. behind at the time the survey/study was made they are still in fact behind...probably even futher behind and loosing ground daily in the case of some governments and industries abroad hampered by awareness, money and political problems. Aside from those issues, the subject of IT metrics simply doesn't apply in Mitch's world. If he had been paying attention he might have noticed that "unstated" deadlines got blown big time last spring and the fear became palpable...at least with some of the people I communicate with who pass me info directly from their IT companies or via the geekvine. Little surprise the 1998 Sept. 30 and Dec. 31 federal deadlines got blown as well. Gee March 31 seems so close now. I wish I could get odds on June 30.

To: Christine Traut who wrote (4383)	3/8/1999 3:13:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

I forgot about this ... ========================================================= On New Year's Eve, 1999, people the world over will be celebrating wildly (if prematurely) the end of a century, the turn of the millennium -- and, maybe, the triumph of mankind over the Y2K computer bug. But in Panama, the occasion will be marked by something more significant ... On that date, the U.S. flag will come down from a narrow strip of land where it has flown since 1903, when Panama, with an assist from President Teddy Roosevelt, declared independence from Colombia, clearing the way for the United States to push through one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. cgi.sacbee.com If you're one of the multitudes concerned about being airborne around the time the infamous Y2K bug is set to strike, you may feel more secure out at sea when the clock ticks over ... There is a good reason why so many millennium cruises are targeting the Panama Canal around New Year's Eve. The canal will be handed back to the Panamanian people January 1,2000, and cruise companies are promoting first transits through the canal in the new millennium. The area is sure to be festive during that time as the Panamanians celebrate the shift in ownership. Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises boast that they will be the first two ships to enter the Panama Canal from the Caribbean in the new millennium, while Radisson Seven Seas is taking passengers through before it is officially transferred. atevo.com [I DID THE TRIP ON THE SEABORNE A FEW YEARS BACK. Took less than a day to get thru the canal. But had to "wait in line" with other ships for a long time.] WASHINGTON -- The Panama Canal will not admit ships next Dec. 31 because its traffic-management systems may fail due to the year 2000 computer glitch, a Senate committee will be told today [ March 5, 1999]. That is but one example among many of how countries around the world remain unprepared for dealing with the so-called Y2K computer-program flaw less than a year before it strikes, according to testimony to be delivered today to the Special Senate Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem. Knight Ridder Newspapers obtained advance copies of the testimony. wichitaeagle.com Cheryl