Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire
Wednesday, May 13, 1998
Isle workshop takes aim at Year 2000 bug
Is your small business ready for the year 2000?A June 12 workshop will address problems posed by the "millennium bug." The workshop, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Dole Ballrooms, 735 Iwilei Road, is sponsored by Hawaii National Bank, Coopers & Lybrand, U.S. Small Business Administration, Computer Assurance, Inc., and Systems Group, Inc.
Participants will receive a "Year 2000" tool kit with a diskette to test personal computers and other resources to help prepare for the problem.
The millennium bug is a programming glitch that could cause some computers to crash when the year 2000 arrives. The problem relates to the the widespread use of two-digit fields to note dates -- "98" for 1998 -- in computer programs. Some programs may mistakenly read the "00" for the year 2000 to mean the year 1900 instead.
The workshop costs $10. Call 528-7885 or 528-7820 for reservations or information.
Queen's exec honored as health care leader
Vivian Ho, president and chief executive of Queen's International, has been named an "international emerging leader in health care" for her work in promoting the state's health-and-wellness tourism industry.The award from the Healthcare Forum and Korn/Ferry International is one of five in the nation this year and the first time someone from Hawaii has been honored. Healthcare Forum is an international educational organization based in San Francisco. Korn/Ferry International, based in Los Angeles, is an executive search firm with offices in 42 countries.
Microsoft wins round in antitrust case
WASHINGTON -- Microsoft Corp. cleared one major hurdle to shipping its Windows 98 software to computer makers this week, but it faces potential state and federal lawsuits in the next few days. A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that antitrust curbs placed on the sale of Windows software don't extend to Windows 98.
In other news . . .
SAN FRANCISCO -- A Boston real estate investment trust has agreed to pay $1.22 billion for the Embarcadero Center, a 10-acre complex that includes 5 percent of the city's office space. Boston Properties Inc. announced yesterday that it will purchase the property -- at $300 a square foot -- from Prudential Insurance Co. of America and David Rockefeller.
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