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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J.L. Turner who wrote (6268)	7/3/1999 10:14:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

The Duncan administration received national exposure in December, when officials held a Y2K demonstration with scores of reporters present. Only four of about 300 systems were tested that day -- systems that the county had already tested and knew would work. Most of the computer systems hadn't yet been fixed and tested. Romer later appeared on the cover of Government Technology magazine in May, with the title: "This man survived Y2K, will you?" GEEZ. Only 4 of 300 systems were tested for that PR stunt? And then Romer ends up on the cover of a magazine with a "This man survived Y2K ..." banner? My concern is that many of these "successful" Y2K tests being touted by various industries ... have been doing the same thing. Especially those FAA tests. The county also had set a goal of fixing and testing its computer systems by Dec. 31, 1998. That didn't happen. The county later pushed the date back to June 30, but that won't happen either. About one-third of the county's computer systems haven't been certified as fixed ... Donald Evans, director of the county's Department of Information Systems and Telecommunications, said a variety of factors led to the higher costs and delays... Evans said in an interview this week that the county has actually saved $35 million by not spending as much on items as individual departments had requested... Maybe if they spent the money in the first place they would have had a better chance of meeting those deadlines. What's that saying? "Penny-wise and pound-foolish"? Cheryl 181 Days until 2000