[INDEX-EMBEDDED III] - Awareness
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PRESS CLIPPINGS / AWARENESS
USATODAY: ....April 9, 1999 ....
'Y2K woes not restricted to Jan. 1, 2000
Financial institutions have been alerted that Jan. 1, 2000, isn't the only date that could cause computer crashes and disrupt business transactions around the globe.
See also:
Gore may become Y2K scapegoat
Y2K special report
"Major domestic and international glitches can occur at many points from April 9, 1999 to Dec. 31, 2001," says Rep. John LaFalce, D-N.Y.
...
usatoday.com
found in the American Water Works Association (AWWA) site.
Y2K discusstion:
awwa.org; \l "Message12276
'COUNTDOWN TO THE YEAR 2000 (Senator Bennett; very good article!!)
A Prioritized Approach to the Millennium Bug
Message 4993764
ABC on Y2k... 'Y2k survivalist tips'...
Message 4972397
Federal reference article
This is the famous FORTUNE article (link already posted some time ago).
It is interesting to see that again and again references are made to this article by leaders in industry and government (just think of the referencing during the CSIS conference).
exchange2000.com
FORTUNE article mentioned again - now in Computerworld..
One area of uncertainty about year 2000 readiness is addressed in GM's annual report regarding how GM communicates with its 100,000 parts suppliers. GM is checking and testing electronic data interchange interfaces with suppliers at 40,000 critical supply sites, Ahearne said.
computerworld.com
AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN Y2K!!! - C-SPAN / CSIS Conference: TRANSCRIPTS!
I made clippings of some interesting statements; but the whole transcript is extremely interesting. This is 'current y2k thinking at the highest level in corporations and federal government in the US of A, IMO
Message 4947836
'SINGLE CHIP CAN CRASH NETWORK
Johnson's subcommittee noted that just one bad computer chip could bring down an entire telecommunications network. "Because a single noncompliant component could potentially shut down an entire network, rigorous testing will be necessary," the subcommittee said in a statement.
Message 4894306
`As the chairman of Meeting the Challenge
of the year 2000 in the Shipping and Transport Industry, Robin Guenier,
said: "Nobody knows what will happen on Jan 1, 2000." But there clearly
is the potential for an awful lot to go wrong.
exchange2000.com
'But of the 1,200 or so companies listed on the ASX, only 60 or 70 had filed
disclosures of their year 2000 readiness, Mr Newman said.
smh.com.au
WOWWW! JBA site attention for embedded y2k
Message 4939579
Great overview!!
Remediating embedded systems
"What is an embedded system?"
"Where are "embedded systems" likely to be found?"
"What is the "embedded system" remediation process?"
The present heightened interest in these subjects prompted Harlan to write some words that will help to answer these questions. Over to Harlan...
2000.jbaworld.com
Amount for remediation continues to rise: '85 % of companies UNDERESTIMED year2000 costs!
exchange2000.com
Shipping, Shell,...., major newspapers: Embedded y2k awareness is on the rise...
exchange2000.com
Russia Atomic Ministry delays Y2K fix until 2000:
canoe.ca
The Y2K Problem: Response to European Commission by Ireland (PDF)
The European Commission asked all Member States to contribute to a report about their Year 2000 readiness. The Irish contribution is exemplary in its breadth and clarity.
ispo.cec.be
Click on Irish document.... very detailed planning of the Irish government; most of it on embedded y2k...
Very interesting comparison of IT remediation vs. embedded systems remediation - first time I have seen such a comparison. John
Message 5038777
You wanted some specific embedded systems problems. Here are a few.
Message 4447462
5-1998
Y2k conference at the Navy - also on embedded systems
cosip.npt.nuwc.navy.mil
[G8MEETING] Government to push Y2K at G8
' TOP TEN STORIES
Government to push Y2K at G8
Millennium bug fix to dominate world summit
Message 4460435
Sewage problem...
Message 4710994
Message 4745527
Microsoft admits it underestimated Y2K
Electric Utility Subcommittee Hearing
Message 4476802
'...y2k video and Karl Feilder and Leon Kapellman have obliged just like that.'
Message 3870725
UK conference: The Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair MP will give the keynote address
Message 3836606
The real issue is that it's extraordinarily difficult to test this kind of equipment
Message 3815052
STATES OF YEAR-2000 (UN)PREPAREDNESS
Message 3805408
COVER STORY - A danger that is 'worse than war'
Business Review Weekly
Message 3804247
OMB report 2/15/1998
cio.fed.gov
FRB Detailed test plan - very interesting!
frbsf.org
2000 bug forces federal freeze
Message 3789193
MARCH 20, 1998 . . . 20:51 EST
Senators consider creating separate Y2K committee
Message 3789145
It's also a problem for client-server nets
Message 3789138
'Sighting: Senator Bob Bennett's speech to the DC Y2K users group'
Message 3789130
The Metaphor of the Hong Kong Y2K Flu
yourdon.com
Leon A. Kappelman on leadership
techweb.com
'Chaos Coming
Message 3784883
'Unilever issues millennium ultimatum.
Message 3784840
political.co.uk
'THIS COULD BE THE YEAR OF PANIC' - Financial Times
GETTING READY FOR THE EURO BUG (int'l edition)
Message 3782788
The panel's level of confidence in the chemicals, oil and
pharmaceutical sector declined.
Message 3776614
UK Times: EMU crisis could cripple companies
Message 3748001
Insurer: 'Another 1.9 billion microprocessors were sold last year, for use in machinery, plant, sewerage treatment...'
Message 3748078
Fortune May 25 - Y2K supplement
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Message 3748078
State of Connecticut - Department of Information Technology
YEAR 2000 PROGRAM OFFICE
Message 3717054
Bureau of Reclamation - Managing Water in the American West
Message 3716887
Y2K site of the United States Marine Corps
Message 3716688
DOT y2k site
Message 3716748
'Banks are having a very hard time of assessing the Y2K readiness ... of their customers'
'Keynote speaker William McDonough, CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York identified four major areas of concern:
Message 3716487
'April 1997 Control Engineering - CONTROL ENGINEERING EDITORIAL
Now's the time for 'Y2K Bug' flu shot'
Message 3716286
UK: 'Eat and be merry but don't drink the water'
Message 3711770
PCWEEK: Y2K in Embedded systems mentioned
Message 3711739
DC Y2K Meeting (On Topic)
Message 3770087
Insurer: 'Another 1.9 billion microprocessors were sold last year, for use in machinery, plant, sewerage treatment...'
'Insurers urged to get the jump on millennium bug
Message 3748078
DOD y2k oversight viewer Curtis: '33 years of federal service, tour in
Vietnam', 'the opportunity I have been looking for, for 33 years.'
Message 3711607
Business Week 3/23/1998
'This means that electrical utilities will have less than 18 months to fix the problems '
Message 3708581
Canadian ice storm
Message 3657542
UK: powerfailures feared
'THE government is drawing up urgent plans to prevent a millennium nightmare in which the start of 2000 is marked by power failures,
Message 3657538
Cowles on CoreStates: 'This is getting serious'
Message 3636297
' How did we get into this Y2K mess? It's the managers, the clueless, the dolts, the stupes'
Message 3636285
NASIRE represents information resource executives and managers from the 50 states, six U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia
Message 3636126
'Things get much more inefficient.'
Paul Milne is pretty extremist on y2k (on the pessimist side). Here he makes a good point: it will be much more difficult to remediate after 1/1/2000. All the more reason to work on it as hard as we can right now.
Message 3639172
List of newsletters on Y2K
North, Keyes, and others are described. Nice summary!
y2ktimebomb.com
Leon Kappelman: "Onward to victory!!"
Message 3598358
Oregon, EXECUTIVE ORDER
state.or.us
'Welsh utilities join forces to see off threat
computerweekly.co.uk
'The Complexity Factor'. Good article by Ed Meagher
year2000.com
Radioactive waste: 'The computer clearly 'thought' that these items were already decayed in the year zero'
Message 3540260
Feb/1998
'EMBEDDED SYSTEMS UPDATE The Irish Computer Society
Message 3517678
iol.ie
Nice overview article on Y2K in 'Manufacturing Systems' of September 1997
manufacturingsystems.com
Niall Fitzgerald of Unilever: 'Wake up to y2k, Blair'
Message 3188098
UNILEVER Costs soar - particularly because of embedded software
sunday-times.co.uk.
Message 3017082
'Anderson said the costs of tackling the bug were soaring because of the scale of the problem, particularly concerning so-called "embedded" chips'
UK unites to beat bug:': Greater focus on embedded systems'
computerweekly.co.uk
Message 3289195
'Organisations represented at the first national infrastructure meeting: Action 2000; BBC; BT; Department of Social Security; Electricity Association; Local Government Management Board; Marks & Spencer; Metropolitan Police; NHS Executive; Nuclear Electric; Post Office; Railtrack; Shell Oil; Southern Water; Transco Gas. '
The Real Year 2000 Nightmare: Manufacturing Systems
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US lagging UK in awareness on Y2K in embedded software
The arguments below apply even more to Y2K/embedded software co's; as the awareness/action/budgets lag 'normal y2k. This will change the coming months, however. Just look at UK co's; such as Unilever, British Railtrack etc.
Message 3221746
Y2K-EMBEDDED interesting discussion on C.S.Y2K
Message 3167954
'This is indeed a classic problem in manufacturing plants, and is one of the main reasons why companies are (or are considering) adjusting the dates held by the embedded systems, and then compensating for this in the "next level up" supervisory (i.e. control/monitor) systems.'
Y2K-EMBEDDED '...but the big difference is the culture...'
Message 3142566
Federal Reserve: increased attention on embedded systems
bog.frb.fed.us
Message 3010039
Rumour on super-large crude carriers
Message 3017120
Y2K-EMBEDDED - C.S.Y2K "Building Death"
Message 3017888
Interesting and very detailed description of embedded systems in buildings,
and possible y2k problems in them. Thanks to Harlan Smith, Blake Allan.
The '1972 fix' is not a viable solution for the vast majority of embedded systems.
From: year2000.unt.edu
Message 2887487
UK Daily Telegraph: 'mechanical franking machines roll over from "99" to "--"'
'it's the kind of problem that requires replacement parts'
Message 3311029
'But comparatively little has been said about so-called embedded systems'
globeandmail.com
ABC NEWS: 'Don't ignore microprocessor-dependent devices used in manufacturing...'
abcnews.com
'Don't ignore microprocessor-dependent devices used in manufacturing, heating and cooling, elevator, and alarm and security operations.
'The industrial version controls chemical processes or equipment shutdowns'
From: Bouldernews
Message 3311245
'Honeywell chairman: ...one of the most worrying areas is the field of industrial process control.'
From: millennia-bcs.com
Singapore attention to y2k in ES: 'The critical process in all Y2K embedded systems investigations is management of the hardware inventory.'
asia1.com.sg
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
cio.fed.gov
Can someone remember if there was an obligation to report on embedded systems in previous OMB memorandums; as there is now?
Message 3329252
A good example of a contingency plan: '... early ID on non-compliant PLC controllers'
erols.com
Message 3329315
David Hall on road trucks, cars
I consider David to be a very knowledgable and serious writer about Y2K. Cheryl has written more about him in a recent post.
Message 3329462
'Looking for an industrial process interest group... '
From the famous Peter de Jager y2k site www.year2000.com:
year2000.com
Peter de Jager's site: Implementing a Site Review Program - also on embedded software
year2000.com
TECHNICAL - Non-IT y2k: 'it is always amazing how
quickly the denial disappears....'
From the SIM discussion board.
Message 3448860
Australian conference: 'large scale industrial and process control systems which you depend on for business survival'
iqpc.com
Message 3448806
JBA Y2K site mentions embedded systems also
Message 3564262
Rockwell Software and the Year 2000
software.rockwell.com
UK ACTION 2000
'Don Cruickshank ACTION 2000 Chairman holding Millennium Bug Campaign logo.
Millennium bug campaign chief launches 100-week manifesto.
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