The survey covered a broad range of industries from utilities to health care and telecommunications. Seventeen governmental agencies and 144 Fortune 500 company managers responded.

"only 48 percent of those responding expect to have their own mission-critical computer systems tested and compliant by the end of the year"

144 Major Corporations and 17 Governmental Agencies Expect Serious Y2K Impact

_______________________Current Average Rating_______March 1998 Figures

New Product Development 5 4

Time to Market 4 3

Revenue Stream 4 1

Cash Flow 4 1

(Scale: 1 = lowest impact; 5 = highest impact)

link to article

-- @ (@@@.@), October 04, 1999

Answers

One more time...

144 Major Corporations and 17 Governmental Agencies Expect Serious Y2K Impact

_______________________Current Average Rating_______March 1998 Figures

New Product Development___________5__________________________4

Time to Market____________________4__________________________3

Revenue Stream____________________4__________________________1

Cash Flow_________________________4__________________________1

(Scale: 1 = lowest impact; 5 = highest impact)

-- @ (@@@.@), October 04, 1999.

The "Cash Flow" and "Revenue Stream" seem to have suffered since last year... could these be a tightening of money supply and loans from the banks?

-- @ (@@@.@), October 04, 1999.

Link?

-- Mike Lang (webflier@erols.com), October 04, 1999.

Mike,

It's at the bottom of the post, but I'll make it more obvious..

link to article

-- @ (@@@.@), October 04, 1999.

Got GOLD?

Got milk?

Got moo-lah?

-- profit_of_doom (doom@helltopay.ca), October 05, 1999.

Sorry a-it coulda bit me!

-- Mike Lang (webflier@erols.com), October 05, 1999.

Misfortune 500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), October 05, 1999.

As a child, I happened to read a table of names of monstrously huge numbers. For the longest time, I wondered why anyone bothered to give them names. But now, thanks to Ashton & Leska, I can at least see a purpose for 500 duodecillion.

-- David L (bumpkin@dnet.net), October 05, 1999.