Re: Y2K problems - Armageddon or Much Ado about Nothing? -- MIDRANGE-L

Glenn,

Don't know the source of your info....To me what you are pointing out is
that they had a *choice* to take Y2K seriously or not, no matter what the
size of the company is.  They obviously choose *not* for whatever reasons
(that could be anything from igornance to whatever).....Also, any company
with a solid Y2K plan will be testing not only their internal applications,
but the connections to their business partners as well.   The knowledge of
Y2K has been around in the trade rags since the mid-1980's....It's the same
ol' message with a much greater sense of urgency.

In the mortgage banking biz, we have a high dependency on partnerships
outside our organization.  We have planned for and will test their ability
to hold their end of the Y2K deal.  In the event that we do not get what we
are expecting, we partner with someone else who can deliver.  We will also
know this well before 1999 yearend.  I do not see the gloom and doom that
you do as long as you have planned for and are executing a well defined Y2K
plan.......

As I said previously, there will be Y2K problems....But I see them more in
the realm of inconveniences and nuisances than sheer collapse of the
business sector.

That's my $0.02 worth on the question that was asked.

Mike Shaw

-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@att.net>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Cc: Rob Dixon <rob.dixon@erros.co.uk>
Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: Y2K problems - Armageddon or Much Ado about Nothing?


>Don't  know that  AS/400s  will get  the blame but there are surely  firms
>with AS/400s  that are sailing in the direction of failure.  At the 400
>level  there will be a large ripple up effect to the BIG  Firms  like GM,
>Pfizer, etc. who then will stumble as their supply chains begin to break
>down.  With the 400's popularity in hospitals,  pension & welfare plans
>etc.  -the Products name will surface as a player, & at fault. Reality is
>the  problems are  not  so much the  AS/400 as the  applications and people
>that  make the Y2K corrective decisions.
>
>Many  high  exposure   industries  use AS/400s like Credit Unions, Health
>Education, Transportation companies & Most  hotels  use AS/400s or S/36s
>for their in house &/or corporate MIS needs.   Now  lets  talk about  that
>2000 New Years Eve Party that you are planning.  These, if they are to
>fail, will  hit  almost immediately after Y2K.
>
>
>Glenn
>___________________________________________________
>Glenn Ericson,    Phoenix Consulting
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>
>
>
>At 04:16 PM 8/24/98 +0100, you wrote:
>>Mike
>>
>>Thanks for responding.
>>
>>Mike Shaw wrote:
>>
>>> Closer to home, there was an article in last month's Wired about all of
the
>>> techies working Y2K that have purchased land in very remote parts and
>>> building small fortresses on them in preparation for the Y2K disaster.
>Yes,
>>> they and their families are going underground until it is over!  I
thought
>>> if funny that their Sept issue that just came out has the fact that they
>are
>>> Y2K compliant in the front cover just under the WIRED Banner!  At the
top,
>>> right below the big WIRED letters is "Y2K Compliant".
>>
>>I gave up reading WIRED a year or more ago, but it might well be that
article
>>which the UK press picked up on for the US part.  Thanks for passing it
on.
>>
>>What do you think are the answers to my Y2K question?  There is talk in
>the UK
>>that 1 in 10 companies will not survive the year 2000.  Is the view the
same
>>elsewhere?  Will any AS/400's get the blame?
>>
>>Rob Dixon
>>Erros plc
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike Shaw
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Rob Dixon <rob.dixon@erros.co.uk>
>>> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
>>> Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 1:36 AM
>>> Subject: Y2K problems - Armageddon or Much Ado about Nothing?
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >The UK press, both popular newspapers and technical magazines, publish
>>> >ever more hysterical articles about the Y2K problem, yet it is not the
>>> >most frequent topic in this group. Some articles refer as much to
>>> >American as much as UK hysteria.
>>> >
>>> >Assuming that the members of this mailing list represent typical AS/400
>>> >sites, is this apparent lack of interest because -
>>> >
>>> >1.  Our systems have, from the beginning, anticipated the problem?
This
>>> >should be the answer!
>>> >
>>> >2.  All the necessary work has been done in our installations and we
>>> >have moved on to more interesting problems?
>>> >
>>> >3.  We are working flat out to solve the problems and have not got
spare
>>> >time to post messages
>>> >about it?
>>> >
>>> >Is anyone prepared to admit that they still have a serious problem?
>>> >
>>> >Just curious!
>>> >
>>> >Rob Dixon
>>> >Erros plc


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