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Technology Stocks : Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem
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To: John Mansfield who wrote (136)2/27/1998 1:54:00 PM
From: John Mansfield   of 618
 
Utilities: 'Their solution is if something breaks they are going to run it manually'

Dialog on Cowles 'Y2K STATE OF THE INDUSTRY MESSAGE' of several days ago.

John

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>Rick Cowles (rcowles@waterw.com) wrote:
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>: Not one electric company has started a serious remediation effort on its >: embedded controls. Not one. Yes, there's been some testing going on, and : a few pilot projects here and there, but for the most part it is still: business-as-usual, as if there were 97 months to go, not 97 weeks.
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>I am currently working at a large utility on their y2k effort. From the
>mouth of the y2k project leader, came the statement that they are NOT going to test ANY embedded controls in the plants. Their solution is if something breaks they are going to run it manually. I could not believe that statement when I heard it. Apparently management believes it can be done and I'm sure they haven't asked the opinions of the people who really know.
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>Gary Nutbeam - reformed MS bigot

Whoa, jump back. Read the last DC Y2K Weather Report. BRI looked at 12 generating plants, found serious problems in addition to inconveniances, they found some that they labeled a threat to life.

cory hamasaki I'm guessing, boiler explosions.
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From: kiyoinc@ibm.net (cory hamasaki)
Subject: Re: Y2K STATE OF THE INDUSTRY MESSAGE - Electric Companies
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