Executives also overwhelmingly said they do not support an alleged move by a dozen states to pursue antitrust lawsuits that would block the release of Microsoft's Windows 98. In other news, executives' confidence about whether they can fix the millennium bug on time appears to be dwindling. Yet nearly half think the U.S. government should create a disaster recovery fund to deal with Year 2000 emergencies. The second CIO KnowPulse Poll also shows that while future technology developments may be able to protect the country's most critical information systems from terrorist attacks, terrorists are not the main threat. Eighty-two percent of technology and business executives believe that consumer privacy will be damaged by the federal government's push for technology to tap into encrypted electronic documents.
Many economists predict an imminent stock market correction.
According to the Associated Press, a dozen states may attempt to block the June shipment of Windows 98 to push the US government to proceed with its antitrust hearings. To see all of the poll results. A dozen states may attempt to block the June shipment of Windows 98. The press release. 1998 CIO Communications, Inc.