Australian (VIC) y2k power optimism turns sour

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Have there been any reports in the US mainstream press as frank as this yet...?

Extracts from edited version of Australian Financial Review article http://www.afr.com.au/content/990113/inform/inform2.html

"Early optimism that Australia's electricity supply industry had beaten the millennium bug has bitten the dust, with revelations that Victorian suppliers have slipped behind on Y2K projects. "

"Some (of the suppliers) are saying the end of June, and others the end of July,".... "I would say the testing has probably thrown up some problems, which is often the case."

"However, he would not guarantee that suppliers would make all their systems Y2K-compliant by the end of July, preferring to use the watered-down expression "Y2K-ready".

"We expected to complete our projects by the end of 1998 but the reality is that we had resourcing issues and testing problems," .... "All projects are now due to be complete by the end of June, but there's always a chance of slippage and our program will continue beyond 2000."

"Victoria's industry had given the impression that it was way ahead of its NSW counterpart"

(NSW is home of Sydney and the 2000 Olympic Games that are allegedly going to take place in Sep 2000)

-- Anonymous, January 12, 1999


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