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Technology Stocks : 2000: Y2K Civilized Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: NickSE who wrote (358)	8/19/1999 10:42:00 PM
From: Sea Otter	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 662

The Missing Link I'm looking for the following type of information... Someone who has worked on a major Y2K project, seen themselves the kinds of bugs that were fixed, and can thus testify as to what, exactly, these bugs were and how they would have been manifested if the bugs had not been fixed. Not hearsay. Not theory. Actual examples of actual projects. For example: "I worked on Y2K remediation for gas-utility X and found that 20% of their data whizbang valve-control processors had bugs. If not fixed these would have automatically shut down, damaging the pipes and cutting power etc etc". In short, I'd like to see case studies of remediation. Maybe non-remediated systems would have worked just fine? Maybe not? Who has this information? It seems to me that understanding this is key to understanding docs like the Navy Report. If most utilities would have worked "just fine" with little remediatation, then all is well. If, on the other hand, we know from actual case studies that serious bugs are being found, then we'd know that non or partially-remediated sites do indeed present a threat. Can anyone provide a link to such a reference?

To: NickSE who wrote (358)	8/20/1999 12:48:00 AM
From: O. H. Rundell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 662

MadDog, President Clinton's top Y2K adviser, John Koskinen, called the Navy's conclusions overly cautious, saying they assumed that major utilities would fail unless proved otherwise. Looks like the Navy has taken Koskinen's tack and turned it around. Koskinen is forever repeating the mantra "We have no evidence to indicate...[insert any bad outcome]". Thus, we are to expect no bad outcome because we can't prove it will happen. Of course, JK can't prove it won't happen. Given the uncertainty, seems prudent to prepare (JMO). O. H. P.S. Lassie was no "bitch". Name notwithstanding, he was a "dog". <G>