How Some Nations Stack Up in Y2K Readiness

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GERMANY
Authorities admit that some high-rise buildings
could face problems from their electronically
controlled water pumps containing Y2K-sensitive
microchips.

Italy
Among the worst-prepared countries in the West,
experts say. The consensus among information
technology professionals: Italy should be focusing
on how to cope with Y2K-related failures because
it's too late for repair work in many sectors.

Tampa Bay Online

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), December 15, 1999

Answers

Fox News Crunchtime for a wired world on the net has a good synopsis of the world condition. Germany, UK, France, China, Russia and Canada. Also some parts of South America and Africa. Pretty good report in map html. Ignore the old news in the address its actually December 99 report.

address: www.foxnews.com/old/news/background/y2kreport/fram.htm

-- Susan Barrett (sue59@bellsouth.net), December 15, 1999.


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