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Technology Stocks : Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem
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To: John Mansfield who wrote (509)7/10/1998 3:11:00 PM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (1) of 618
 
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78. Author: David C. Hall ( dhall )
Date: Jun. 21 1:20 PM 1998

There are some systems that use dates and cannot
be tested, but in the main those are
specialty-designed systems. If the
manufacturer and/or the vendor states exactly
that their equipment and/or system does not use
dates for any reason and WILL NOT BE AFFECTED by
the date rollover (or Feb 29, 2000, or Dec 31,
2000) then you can be less concerned about that
system or item of equipment. But be aware that
most vendor statements I have read have changed
over the past year. Many vendors at first
believed that their systems did not use dates,
but that belief faded fast when tested. I still
recommend that "If it uses electricity, it's
guilty until proven innocent" is the only way to
BE SURE of your problems. Prove to me that the
equipment/system works or I will not believe
your ASSUMPTION.
Just because we do not have time to check
everything is no reason to ASSUME something
works. Murphy's law will get you every time.
This is the most complex risk management
project anyone of us has ever undertaken and we
should continue to address it in that manner. Do
not assume anything.

Dave Hall
dhall@enteract.com
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