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U.S. Likes Y2K World Outlook

Officials believe world is better prepared for computer bug than six months ago

The United States Y2K czar believes the world is better prepared than it was six months ago to cope with the Year 2000 computer bug-even though key countries like Russia and China still face serious problems.

According to a Associated Press story, John Koskinen, head of President Clinton's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, told reporters there is a wide spread sea of change with countries working hard to solve the problem.

Russia was late in focusing on the problem, but has been addressing possible computer problems in the defense industry, Koskinen said. China has also been "very candid" about its problems in the last six months, "and I think they would be the first to tell you they have major challenges in getting that work done by the end of this year," he said.

Koskinen believes developing countries are going to have more problems than developed countries, but when the dust settles Koskinen says he wouldn't be surprised to find more failures in developed countries because the countries have more systems.

Source: Miami Herald

DATE: 6/22/99

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