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To: James Strauss who wrote (18958)6/23/1998 1:36:00 AM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (1) of 31646
 
GovExec - 'The Pentagon's Nightmare Scenario'

"That's a particularly difficult problem for DoD, because we've spent the last 25 years really netting together our computer systems and networks. ... We've also shifted from largely dedicated defense communications systems to commercial networks. So if Ma Bell's or Bell Atlantic's system fails on Year 2000, we're going to have mission failure, and I don't have any control over that," Hamre explained. Calling Y2K the "electronic equivalent of El Nino," Hamre predicted: "This is going to have implications for American society and the world that we can't even comprehend."

Given how loudly the clock is ticking, a number of experts believe it is already too late to try to identify, fix and adequately test systems that haven't yet been checked. In their collective view, the Pentagon should simply assume such systems will fail, and begin devising ways to work around the problem and making other contingency plans.
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