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

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (5348)	4/7/1999 6:07:00 PM
From: David Eddy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Cheeky - Y2K bugs hidden in chips: Experts don't expect a technology disaster First caveat... I'm no chip authority by any means. And then again, neither is Peter de Jager. As I'm sure you've seen C.K. Houston say repeatedly, a chip is a singular thingamee. It's the systems they're built into that we need to be concerned with. Regarding "expect"... I certainly didn't expect to step off my motorcycle at 110+mph [ y2ktimebomb.com ]. If you ran a bank and asked your loan officers if they'd made any bad loans today, naturally their answers would be "No."... yet somewhere in the pile are loans that will go sour. And here are some "field" comments about equipment with chips in the loop... [ y2ktimebomb.com ] - David