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

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (5851)	5/27/1999 6:35:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Respond to of 9818

Venezuela faces $1.5 billion Y2K computer problem << Venezuela needs to spend $1.5 billion in an effort to prevent possible computer chaos coinciding with the change to the year 2000, with the nation's electrical system particularly vulnerable, senior officials said on Wednesday. Presidential Chief of Staff Alfredo Pena said the previous government, which left office in February, made absolutely no preparations for a problem that requires urgent attention. ''We are very behind and it is very, very serious. We need $1.5 billion for this, which was not approved by the previous government,'' Pena told journalists at the Miraflores presidential palace ... cont'd ... >> abcnews.go.com Say goodbye to Venezuela for a while on Dec 31 st.