FC: Not a joke: Columbian Marxist rebels announce they're Y2K-OK!

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 13:15:56 -0500
> To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
> From: Andy Oram <andyo () oreilly com>
> Subject: Is this the final Y2K story of the season?
>
> I renounce further attempts at satire. The BBC has done it so much better.
> But it can't be a hoax! This is the BBC!
>
> Andy
>
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_576000/576212.stm
>
>              Thursday, 23 December, 1999, 11:52 GMT 
>              Colombia's rebels ready
>              for Y2K 
>
>
>              Colombia's rebels have upgraded their software
>
>
>
>              By Jeremy McDermott in Colombia 
>
>              Colombian Marxist rebels have announced
>              they are Y2K ready, unlike the Colombian
>              government which is scrambling to beat
>              the end of year deadline. 
>
>              The 17,000-strong Revolutionary Armed
>              Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which
>              control almost 40% of the country, have
>              pronounced themselves ready for the turn
>              of the millennium. 
>
>                           According to Juan, the FARC
>                           systems manager, based in the
>                           massive guerrilla safe haven
>                           granted by the government for
>                           peace talks, the rebel's computers
>                           have been upgraded with
>                           Windows 2000 and will slip into
>                           the new millennium without a
>              hitch. 
> ...
>              As well as managing a massive financial
>              portfolio, the guerrillas have complex
>              intelligence databases and information on
>              kidnappings, according to military sources.
>
>              With satellite telephones connected to
>              laptop computers, guerrillas are able to
>              maintain internet access even in the most
>              remote jungle camps. 



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