"I can no longer say with any confidence there is enough time to avoid a severe global Y2K recession. The fact is, there are only 550 days, and only 377 business days, until Judgment Day for our computers on January 1, 2000." Edward Yardeni, chief economist for Deutsche Bank Securities speaking at a National Association of Manufacturers press conference in the US.
"It is a milestone - an early milestone, but an important milestone. . . Although it has a lot of innovations to be proud of, the majority of what we're going to do is still in front of us." Bill Gates speaking at the launch of Windows 98 last Thursday.
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