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

To: Jeff Redman who wrote (5170)	3/31/1999 11:14:00 AM
From: Technologyguy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Here's the FCC's new report on the status of the telecom industry. Very encouraging. fcc.gov

To: Jeff Redman who wrote (5170)	3/31/1999 12:17:00 PM
From: Christine Traut	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Jeff: Sorry, I just read both Computerworld articles re Microsoft and Y2K. The one that Bill posted is the scoop. The technology press is finding out - through internal memos at EDS - that Microsoft is selectively letting out the info that they are not confident they can make Win 95 Y2K compliant. This is huge, huge news. Watch for more Microsoft software to be added to this list. And remember - when Microsoft says Y2K compliant, they mean that the will be able to fix it. Not that it is okay. Christine

To: Jeff Redman who wrote (5170)	3/31/1999 12:58:00 PM
From: Bill Ounce	Respond to of 9818

people want black and white in a grey world >>>You missed this ComputerWorld article on Microsoft, not as bad as you think. We have confirmed this in our own labs. Also the newsprint version of ComputerWorld has more detailed info than is in their on-line version.<<< Y2K problems with Mikeysoft stuff is just a symptom of the larger problem that occurs when a vendor has an unregulated monopoly. There are no real alternatives, so we are stuck with a buggy product. May Linux save us from this in the near future. Windoze is not truly compliant, but "compliant with minor issues". As long as the issues are in reality minor, it won't be very bad. But, this is a relatively new operating system and there is no excuse for these sorts of problems. There is also no excuse for it taking so long for Mikeysoft to get serious about Y2K. But are they? I've read numerous articles about them giving mixed Y2K messages from the start of the year... Looks like it's time for the DOJ to do its thing :-) And I most certainly don't trust Mikeysoft to determine whether it is a minor issue for me. Jeff refered to testing labs -- that's a smart thing. As for the EDS story, contracts are paid to achieve black and white compliance. But with vendors like Mikeysoft, this is quite a feat. People paying big bucks to have someone fix their systems won't be very happy with a result of "compliant with minor issues." Frustration over this may explain EDS's actions. what i really think There is considerable Y2K hype. It may be just a black/white versus grey thing. Lots of stuff is not completely compliant, but most "failures" will be pretty benign. However, there is a chance that some of the failures could make a real mess of the economy. Being certain that nothing bad will happen is just as much a reach to me as the gloomers being certain that there will be huge problems. The only thing I'm fairly certain of is that governments will have more problems than the private sector come year 2000. The results of this are anybody's guess.