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To: Lightning who wrote (46330)	12/27/1999 10:57:00 AM
From: Ken Benes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116983

There is a virtual army of computer specialists mobilized for the changeover this weekend. It is my understanding that if all goes relatively well and the main systems dealing with infrastructure are operating, a lot of this manpower will become available to deal with a lot of these smaller problems. In anticipation of system failures in manufacturing and production, particularly in the poorer countries of the world, a lot of effort has been developed in walling off these failures from a larger network. In addition, new hardware is in place that is running side by side with existing systems. Should the existing system fail, the new ones will be turned on, albeit, operating independent of historical data, until they can be dealt with. The possibility does exist for a computer related slowdown in the world economy, but a more serious event is highly improbable, but not impossible. The key, getting thru the changeover with main systems operating, and then devoting resources to the peripheral problems. The people dealing with the y2k bug have gained a great deal of expertise in tackling these problems. What took 6 months to do three years ago, can be accomplished in less than a month today. This weekend will be a good indication of what is going to happen. If the initial transition is relatively smooth things should go well after that. If, the weekend is a disaster, the cascading effect will be worse than currently expected. Ken