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

To: flatsville who wrote (4860)	3/20/1999 12:02:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

' "... I hear that you're an optimist/pessimist about Y2K, and as far as I'm concerned, you're a total idiot," what's the point in responding at this late date? ' greenspun.com

To: flatsville who wrote (4860)	3/20/1999 1:38:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 9818

Is the Y2K problem licked? High-profile gurus disagree kcstar.com

To: flatsville who wrote (4860)	3/20/1999 2:42:00 PM
From: Fred Ragan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

The American public has of necessity, become very cynical regarding the truthfulness of the government on any issue in which the government or its participants have a personal stake. In addition the government is approaching the Y2K problem in the worst possible way by not being openly forthcoming and by not forcing lower levels of government and industry to be brutally truthful. It is ingrained in human nature to believe the worst when people suspect the truth is being withheld. In a general sense both government and industry are effectively colluding to deprive the public of the raw facts regarding the potential consequences of the Y2K problem. Industry most notably by its lawyer screened 10k's, government by it's incessant and factless "worm fuzzies" pronouncements. The public is asleep. They want to be asleep. Most do not understand the technical problem nor do they want to. They want someone else to fix it. They are coconspirators in this delusion. Government and Industry on the other hand and if they are competent are aware of the potential consequences and the state of progress. They have a dilemma. Do they wake the sleeping giant and deal now with the attendant problems that will create? Or do they keep it sleeping for as long as possible? Both government and industry have opted for the short term advantage by keeping the sleeping giant asleep. The advantage is at best a nine month delay. If this giant is awakened at an awkward time, by some unexpected consequence of remediation or of testing or some unexpected disclosure that is perceived by the public to put its assets or it's lifestyle or even its life at serious risk, then the reaction will not be orderly; it will be unbridled fury. An opportunity lost. Why don't they bring us into the "real" loop? Are we not all stakeholders? Don't they trust us? I am a capitalist and a Republican and I AM APPALLED. One man's opinion, Fred