"Do not press the self-destruct button by ignoring this problem. The usual attitude of - It'll be all right on the day - won't apply here."
- The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, speaking at the National Y2K conference in UCD last week.
"The concept of media scarcity that has dominated the information and entertainment industries since their inception - of not enough shelf space, or movie screens or television channels to accommodate the profusion of products - is being blown apart."
- The President of Time Warner, Richard Parsons, speaking at a conference on Europe's New Digital Economy last week.
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