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Technology Stocks : 2000 Date-Change Problem: Scam, Hype, Hoax, Fraud

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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (1237)	3/12/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (2) of 1361

Thanks Jeff, Most people didn't catch this tho. Cheeky Kid was comparing apples and oranges. I talked about "systems". The Giga guy talked about "chips". Cheeky's a PC guy and doesn't understand embedded systems. FROM CHEEKY KID: Alistair Stewart, a senior advisor for Giga on embedded systems, said that only about 3% of CHIPS have been found to have minor problems, typically requiring resetting the date or restarting a device. Maybe they should talk to CK Houston and be filled in how serious the embedded CHIP problem really is. I don't believe she would believe these numbers... QUOTES AND POSTS FROM C.K. HOUSTON: - This is what will bring us to out knees - Embedded SYSTEMS - Electrical engineers need to fix - NOT programmers. - Not enough electrical engineers. Not enough time - 5% embedded SYSTEMS will fail - which 5%? ... No one knows. ========================================= WHAT IS AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM: techstocks.com EASY TO UNDERSTAND EXPLANATION: Why this is SO complex The embedded system Year 2000 Problem with core infrastructures concerns equipment with embedded control devices used by utilities (power, gas, water, phone company equipment) that will operate improperly (causing equipment failure or worse) after the turn of the century, or in some cases after 1/1/1999 or even earlier dates ... A piece of equipment may appear as a black box to an end-user, but contains upon inspection, a multitude of "black boxes" (smaller embedded systems) from different vendors inside it. [Each of these black boxes can contain numerous CHIPS.] Furthermore, inside some of those smaller "black boxes," they may contain themselves a multitude of tinier "black boxes" from still different vendors and so on. Each "black box" can have up to ten layers of technology.... y2ktimebomb.com OIL RIG EXAMPLE Typical rig can contain about 10,000 CHIPS ... which are EMBEDDED in 100-150 SYSTEMS To: Robin S. Messing (601 ) From: C.K. Houston Jan 2 1999 12:58PM ET *You do not have to check billions of [embedded] systems to see where the problems lie.* TOTALLY agree with you. While there are "billions" of CHIPS, there are only "millions" of SYSTEMS containing these chips. This was clarified by Harlan Smith, on this thread about 6 months ago. Message 7072644 Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem Cheryl

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