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Technology Stocks : Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem
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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (560)9/6/1998 1:46:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston   of 618
 
THERMOSTATS - Verified Potential Y2K Problem
SIM Working Group: 11. Author: David C. Hall - Jul. 26 '98
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Excerpt from an article in ErieStewart of DiNapoli Companies:

"One of our largest tenants is the Dept of Social Services. While responding to a Yr2K survey that they sent us, I phoned our HVAC maintenance contractor.

The service tech assured me that the thermostats would have no problem at roll-over. Upon actually testing, on January 1, 2000, all systems shut down, knowing that it was a holiday.

ON January 2, 2000, all systems came back online even tho it was a Sunday (HVAC is shut off at noon on Saturdays and isn't restored until 6AM on Mondays).

Upon further testing, we found that pushed to January 6, 2000, all systems shut down, thinking that the weekend had arrived.

The contractor was stunned...."

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OK - who should you print out and send THIS to?

How about the principal of your kid's school? Your mayor? Someone who works in a large office building up north? Gets pretty cold up north, in the middle of winter ... nice to have some heat.

Don't take assurances from vendors. YOU MUST TEST THE SYSTEM!

Cheryl
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