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To: James Strauss who wrote (16288)5/8/1998 3:19:00 PM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (1) of 31646
 
[HARLAN] "focused application of resources"

Harlan Smith presents very good thinking on Y2K on C.S.Y2K.

John
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'Here are some areas where the Y2K problem is perceived to be "growing" and
we could consequently benefit greatly from "focused application of
resources".

more lines of COBOL code to remediate discovered,
discovery of more missing source code
mind boggling difficulties perceived to be involved in remediating
"embedded systems",
many tens of thousands of mid-range computers thought to be OK but far from
it (IBM System/34, /36)
telecom companies finding it extremely difficult to get replacement
software and hardware,
assessment time for complex AF systems taking far too long to accomplish
all federal government agencies in dire straits
state governments very slow to awaken
city/county governments still asleep
synchronizing of change over to remediated code between communicating
organizations not properly scheduled
little awareness in foreign countries
competition of "Euro" conversion thrust
total absence of leadership from Clinton and Gore
contingency planning stalled or impossible because there is no visible
basis for contingency planning
software developers thinking of nothing but planning for survival
(rightfully so, as they see no possibility of a successful outcome, but
nevertheless becoming more and more of a morale problem)
people at all intellectual levels, from scientists and skilled programmers
to factory workers -- still completely oblivious
no central planning and direction to focus our resources where they will do
the most good
probable inadequate contribution to this month's G8 conference in
Birmingham, England
nuclear and conventional power plant databases _not shared between all 108
nuclear reactors and 9,000 electric utilities
no central authority to manage mitigation of power grid
Oil supply problem as influenced by embedded system problems and potential
for international chaos remains largely undefined.
there are THOUSANDS of helpful TECHNICAL things the government could do and
most of them are not being done.
much, much more .
--
Harlan

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Subject:
- FOCUS OF RESOURCES NEEDED
Date:
08 May 1998 08:04:59 EDT
From:
"Harlan Smith" <hwsmith.nowhere@cris.com>
Organization:
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Newsgroups:
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