RE: Y2K problems - Armageddon or Much Ado about Nothing?

[cmassoglia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Charles L. Massoglia)]

Joe wrote: 
>Very few though
>are taking the big picture approach that Charlie talked about. There are many
>surveys coming through from vendors, suppliers, customers, etc asking about
>Y2K compliance. Only one company had a survey go out to the middle and
>upper managers in the company discussing things like phone equipment,
>heating, cooling, security systems, PCs, etc. I expect the biggest problem for
>these companies will be from PCs that cannot handle the year 00 and
>vendors/suppliers/manufacturers that miss due dates.
>
How about a railroad where the manufacturer of the track switching
microprocessors warranted them as Y2K compliant?  Testing showed they were
not.  How about a steel manufacturer who thought they were done only to have
water dumped on the steel during a test because the equipment read a 00 as a
failure?  These are not personal experiences but were relayed to me in a
conversation with a Y2K consultant.


Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
517-676-9700  Fax: 517-676-1006  EMAIL: cmassoglia@voyager.net


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