Because of all the problems with TB2000 over the past few days, this article might have been missed. If someone has already posted it, I apologize for duplication. The article is from the International Y2K Cooperation Center (IY2KCC) website and dated December 28, 1999: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Electric power and telecommunications are expected to operate more or less normally around the world, but Y2K errors will become very evident in the days and weeks after the rollover, according to the International Y2K Cooperation Center supported by the United Nations. "The inconveniences may not be immediately apparent this weekend," said Bruce W. McConnell, director of the International Y2K Cooperation Center (IY2Kcc). "There is still Y2K work left to do, and we will see errors in the days and weeks ahead. Overall, the impact will be moderate." McConnell said, "The basic infrastructure appears to be in good shape. We expect few, if any serious incidents as a result of Y2K. However, in the unlikely event that there are disruptions in the first countries to experience the date change, they will be the result of local problems. They will not tell us very much about what to expect in the later time zones." "In business systems, we are already seeing some errors in billing due dates and such, but society can manage its way through these," McConnell noted. He said computer date errors will continue for months until Y2K work is completed, which will be particularly harful to smaller organizations more dependent on cash flow. The article goes on with information on the establishment of the IY2KCC, and its plans to monitor Y2K as it unfolds.

-- Linda (lindasue1@earthlink.net), December 31, 1999

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Yes Linda, thanks for sane analysis in the new year....

-- PJC (paulchri@msn.com), January 01, 2000.