Stories by Nancy Weil

Gerstner thinks Y2K is manageable

The year 2000 computer problem isn't likely to cause a "digital winter" that disrupts the entire world, IBM chief Louis Gerstner said here at his company's annual Business Partner Executive Conference on Sunday.

Gerstner Heralds Post-PC Era

The information technology industry "is in the middle of a historic change" the likes of which occur only every 20 years or so, IBM Corp. chief Louis Gerstner said here today, heralding the "post-PC era" as a time of opportunities and challenges.
Gerstner, chairman and chief executive officer of IBM, delivered the keynote talk to some 4,000 of his company's global business partners -- resellers, systems integrators and other channel partners -- gathered here for the annual Business Partner Executive Conference (BPEC). He also issued a plea: "Please don't run out here saying, 'Gerstner said the PC is dead.' "

McNealy: Stockpile Computers for Y2K

Asia is "disastrously behind" in dealing with year 2000 computer issues, so it's possible that the region's vendors will not be able to provide an adequate supply of components, leading Scott McNealy to make a suggestion that he confessed is self serving.
"My recommendation is to buy lots of computers in the second half of this year," the chief executive officer, president and chairman of Sun Microsystems Inc. said during a press conference today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

AOL's injunction request against AT&T denied

AT&T's WorldNet Service may continue to tell subscribers, "You Have Mail," even though America Online (AOL) thinks that phrase and two other commonly used Internet terms are proprietary.

DOJ approves AT&T, TCI merger

As expected, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved the $US48 billion merger between AT&T and Tele-Communications Inc.

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