X-Sender: declan@mail.well.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.2 Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 08:24:55 -0500 To: politech@vorlon.mit.edu From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: FC: Y2K prompts many to prepare, 6-month delays now common Sender: owner-politech@vorlon.mit.edu Reply-To: declan@well.com X-Loop: politech@vorlon.mit.edu X-URL: Politech is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/

[I think this is important news: Y2K fear has grown faster than many of us expected it would. Companies tell me that unless you place your order by early next year, you'll receive it after 1-1-00. --Declan]

http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/16035.html

Companies selling bulk food, generators, and solar energy systems report backlogs of up to six months. The reason: nationwide hand-wringing over the millennium bug. By Declan McCullagh.

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