Re: Y2K problems -Choice & Risk -- MIDRANGE-L

Mike 
What I said was AS/400s are in high visibility industries,
 which for the most part are not controlled as tightly as the
FDIC does. 
As these firms go from medium to small the resources to
get them fixed at this point are generally expense and difficult
to get. 

For whatever the reasons for delaying a start in does not matter 
a mechanism to affordably survive Y2K is a must to the  Food or 
Supply Chains. Either being put out of  business for non compliance 
by  elimination from an others supply chain or just going out of
business[unexpectedly]; possibly as in up for sale; as both options
 that will narrow choices and competitive deltas for larger companies.

With regard to urgency & testing -
My  bet is your bank has a Y2K evaluation mechanism in place
 for  business loans today as a part of risk assessments.
Testing  you said it all. One  tests suppliers, in house IT &  
other systems, plus the outbound  market[customers] for the  ability
 to  continue  solid business relationships. Nothing less will do.

Now all this leads to a narrower survival rate[ regardless of platform]

It seems we agree on what will make for a smaller group of post 2000
players.  Risk & Choice.  One could always argue dollars & affordability
but that too can be contrasted against  implementation methods.

Glenn

-----------Original Note---------
At 02:09 PM 8/24/98 -0700, you wrote:
>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
>



Glenn
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