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

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4732)	3/17/1999 11:17:00 AM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Ron--You wrote: "Bruce has been the leader and voice of calm in the Y2K workgroups. He has struck me as very pragmatic and a person who doesn't want people to panic, but to take the necessary preparations. He certainly doesn't believe in TEOTWAWKI scenario, and the last time I heard him speak I think he was factoring in a 3-month series of disruptions varying in magnitude, as the most logical scenario." All the more reason to pay attention when he says, ""For the first few weeks of 2000, you'll probably see gas prices shoot up drastically. I would not be surprised to see a 50 percent rise in prices." You also wrote: "As for TAVA Tech... they never specify a client's problems or status. However, I think their information has been important for gaining a general feel for the overall embedded systems issue." If I'm looking for a picture of the overall situation in oil and gas I'll look to the SAIC report which is very specific in terms of production by country and status of remediation rather than attempt to glean some "general feel for the overall embedded systems issue." If you contradict yourself or can't make your position clear, yes perhaps you should end the discussion. In regards to my "agenda," I'm not aware that I've made a statement or declaration regarding an "agenda," religious, political or otherwise...