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

To: Bill Ounce who wrote (5379)	4/8/1999 6:16:00 PM
From: B.K.Myers	Respond to of 9818

<We, the public, are being lied to again and again by people from an agency that seems unable to get their claims straight.> <While Jane Garvey claimed 100% of the FAA's systems were repaired on September 30, 1998, Takemoto now says that on March 31, 65% of the FAA's computers will be ready, with the remaining systems to be ready by "June 31."> <The agency has lost any remaining credibility on Y2K, and now, the public is rightly afraid of putting their lives on the line.> Actually, I have more respect for an agency that can admit that it is falling behind than the agencies that are reporting that they are 100% ready with their mission critical systems. If the FAA went from being 100% ready in September to 65% ready in March, what are the other agencies going to be telling us come September? I sincerely hope that the FAA's next report shows an increase in percent completed! But, with their recent problems with the new STARS computer system, I have my doubts. B.K.

To: Bill Ounce who wrote (5379)	4/21/1999 12:03:00 PM
From: Bill Ounce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

UsaToday: Microsoft shares fall on Y2K caution usatoday.com Microsoft shares fall on Y2K caution REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft shares tumbled Wednesday after the software giant said companies may delay software purchases the rest of the year because of concerns about the Year 2000 computer bug. Microsoft's caution came late Tuesday when the company released its fiscal third-quarter earnings. Another technology bellwether, Sun Microsystems, issued a similar warning last week. Microsoft shares were down 2 3/16 at 80 15/16 in morning trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market. In its latest quarter Microsoft earned $1.92 billion, or 35 cents a share, compared to $1.34 billion, or 25 cents a share, a year earlier. The earnings results topped analysts' estimate