Paging computer persons like 'a', please read and comment on truth of this.....

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PARIS, Sept 19 (AFP) - Though the crunch date of January 1, 2000 is still 100 days away, the "millennium bug" -- the computer glitch arising from the inability of two-digit date counters to distinguish 2000 from 1900, also known as "Y2K" -- has already begun to bite.

Thousands of minor dysfunctions have arisen as computers handling date-forward transactions stumble over the two zeroes, and the number is set to increase radically on October 1 as the year enters its last quarter, analysts warn.

-- owl (wow@wow.com), September 22, 1999

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I think this is a bit over-hyped, but there is SOME truth to the statement. Many "forecasting" programs only look ahead 3 months. BUT, these types of programs are generally NOT involved with the day-to- day running of the business. Since this is the case, any problems may well stay hidden.

-- Dennis (djolson@pressenter.com), September 22, 1999.

owl: I have no idea what's going on in Paris, but the report sounds exactly like what I would expect. Contrary to what Hoffy says, IMO we have only seen the tip of the iceberg.

-- a (a@a.a), September 22, 1999.

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owl:

"Dennis" is talking through his ... you knw! "SOME truth?"

The article represents THE Y2K TRUTH! Hershey--the candy peolple over there in PA--have already been bitten by "date-forward transactions" in their systems and is materially affecting the ability to fulfill Halloween candy orders, as well as their bottom line BIG TIME!

How many Mom-and-Pop operations use PC-based inventory control systems for timely re-ordering and financial projections?! Millions of them. They'll be bitten by Y2K hardest. I can see the herds stampeding to OfficeMax for Y2K-compliant upgrades; if the vendors have released them YET and if they're on the shelves!

We've hardly seen the tip of the Y2K "iceberg" thanks to the perps ( corporate-statists ) putting the thumbscrews to wannabe "whistleblower" employees and/or contractors ( e.g., the female cabbie that complained to her state Public Service Commission!)!!

It's all over but the Y2K "primal" screaming!

Keep your powder dry!

Regards, Bob Mangus

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-- Robert Mangus (rmangus1@yahoo.com), September 22, 1999.


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