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To: John Mansfield who wrote (1776)5/12/1998 4:23:00 PM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (1) of 9818
 
[WESTERGAARD] 'Anonymous Reader Warns of Y2K Complacency in Upper Levels of Government '

'[snip]

May 12, 1998

Anonymous Reader Warns of Y2K Complacency in Upper Levels of Government

The Reader writes:

Dear Westergaard Year 2000:

I have to ask that you keep my name and company confidential as I make my
living in federal government sales.

I work with one of the Fortune 100 computer companies in the Y2K sales
group. My job is to present analysis tools to Federal Government
decision-makers. These tools are the first step in the remediation of the
Y2K Problem as they identify software and hardware that is at risk.

In every presentation, we make the case for moving forward and starting the
process now. I thought you might like a sampling of the responses we get
from upper management in Federal Government Agencies.

"I won't be here after October 1999, so I don't care."

"We only support authorized software and hardware on our system. If someone
has something that isn't authorized, that's their problem, even if it
affects our network."
[This seems like a legitimate response to me. He's asking them to support
unauthorized software. I guess I would have to know the whole story to
understand the legitmacy of the salesman's concern.]

"This is more of a CYA (California Youth Authority) problem than an actual
operation problem."

"When it becomes a crisis, then we'll start looking at it."

I am suggesting to all of our potential clients, workers and existing
customers that they spend a goodly portion of the remaining 18 months
devising and establishing manual procedures to get their jobs done after
1-1-2000. They will need them.

John Yellig Interprets:

While it is not Westergaard Year 2000's policy to publish material without
supplying a source, we felt that the material in this e-mail was too
compelling not to share with our readers. The implications contained in
this correspondence are frightening given the amount of power wielded by
those who made these statements. We can only hope that these people come
around in time to avert the disaster they are currently perpetuating.

John Yellig
Assistant to the Editor
Westergaard Year 2000
[end snip]
--
Harlan

_____

Subject:
Westergaard - Anonymous Reader Warns of Y2K Complacency in Upper Levels of
Government
Date:
12 May 1998 06:04:12 EDT
From:
"Harlan Smith" <hwsmith.nowhere@cris.com>
Organization:
Paperless
Newsgroups:
comp.software.year-2000
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