Vol. 71, No.
5, May 1998
Year 2000 WWW Sites
The following WWW sites offer substantive and technical information about
the year 2000 (Y2K) problem.
JBA's Year 2000 Page
Perhaps the best site for learning about the Y2K problem, this page
provides end users with the latest news from 600 sources, a guide to the
year 2000 problem, a free email update service,Y2K statistics and step-by-step
instructions to check whether your PC will successfully roll over into
the 21st century.
PC Y2K Check
Unless you own a Macintosh or a Y2K compliant PC, the Millenium Bug
may affect your home or business computer. This site provides step-by-step
instructions to test your PC for the Millenium Bug.
Microsoft's Year 2000 Resource
Center
This site is a must if you use Microsoft products. It provides year
2000 compliance information for Microsoft products, a helpful FAQ (Frequently
Asked Questions), free downloads and other helpful information.
The Year 2000 Information Center/Millennium
Bug
This site provides a comprehensive inventory of Y2K resources, including
articles, upcoming conferences, hardware/software compliance information,
news releases, and year 2000 vendors.
The Year 2000 Law
Center
This site, which is a subsection of the Year
2000 Information Center, focuses on the legal questions surrounding
the issue.
Money Magazine's
Year 2000 Bug Homepage
If you're looking for an interactive approach to assessing your year
2000 concerns, Money Magazine's site gives users access to message
boards dedicated to the issue. You'll also find informative articles that
allow you to assess the impact of the Y2K bug on your investments, credit
cards and even home appliances. The site also provides downloadable diagnostic
tools.
Small Business Help for the Year 2000
Small business owners can tap into the Small Business Administration
to find out how the Y2K bug will affect them. Handy checklists, strategic
documents and SBA press releases on the issue round out this site.
IT2000 - The National Bulletin Board for
Year 2000
Billing itself as "the single most comprehensive source of information
relating to the Millennium date change," IT2000 offers end users a
host of resources to get a handle on the Y2K problem. Here you'll find
a library of Y2K titles, an interactive bulletin board, an archive of legal
and other news articles, upcoming conference information and links to government
sites that detail how state and federal agencies are dealing with the Millennium
Bug.
State of Wisconsin Year 2000
Homepage
Although over the heads of most non-tech folks, the State of Wisconsin's
Year 2000 Homepage provides a variety of informational resources on the
Millennium Bug, including an FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page that
explains what steps are being taken by the State of Wisconsin to address
the problem.
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