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

To: Jeff Mizer who wrote (9531)	12/27/1999 3:56:00 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Picked this up courtesy of a poster to csy2k who found it in another newsgroup-- It it's true...Yikes!...Sounds like a Fortune 1000 company hitting the wall. In article <847psc$3sh$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, TheAlligator <thealligator@my-deja.com> wrote: > As I mentioned many months ago, I've been doing Y2K remediation work, > with a large > midwestern corporation my main focus. They started over 4 years ago on > this huge project. > Replaced mainframe systems with clustered AS/400, 100mbs fiber optic, > upgraded routers and > so on, running IPX/SPX backbone on a group of a rather esoteric brand of > servers in a class > commonly known as superserver. Dozens and dozens of distributed NT > servers, UNIX servers > all running TCP/IP over the backbone. Untold millions of dollars just > for the infrastructure > upgrade. Started installing the major piece of critical application > software immediately after this. > After 1-1/2 years of outrageous fees, software costs and 24/7 shifts of > work, the project was > deemed unworkable, scrapped, all involved forced to sign non-disclosure > agreements, and still > in litigation even as I speak. > Immediately began the new vendor selection process again. To make a > long story short, this project > was finished mid-1999. In November, major Y2K problems began surfacing > in this multi-million > dollar "Y2K-compliant" project. Still unresolved, litigation pending. > Mission-critical system. > > Document imaging system died in November. Work-in-progress new version > slammed into > production. Despite vendor claims, non-compliant. Litigation pending. > > Major multi-million dollar accounting/workflow system, in production > since 1/99. Latest Y2K > upgrade not released until 2nd week of this month. After test > installation, MAJOR year 2000 > issues uncovered, also vendor Y2K fixes introduced major flaw which > disallows system- > generated offset transactions for automated in-flow feeds from all other > corporate systems. > Vendor gave up, now in the hands of Micro$oft. ABSOLUTE MISSION > CRITICAL. > As of today, on 1/3/2000, this company can no longer make payroll, pay > vendors or anything > else. Counting down the hours. Obviously, MAJOR litigation pending if > no fix. Unfortunately > this one is in my hands. > > Enough of the software problems - no need to continue, you get the > picture. > Semi-trailer sized generators are in place, with the building wired to > run the entire company > manually on 2 floors. Lists of people permitted on the premises for a 1 > week rollover generated. > VERY much beefed up armed security presence in place. Diesel and > gasoline tankers in place. > Water truck, food and medical supplies in place. Armed security in 4wd > vehicles with maps to > key employee/consultant residences. Entire corporate security > infrastructure from controls to > cabling to door controls replaced (non-compliant). Phone systems > replaced. > > I have made it clear that if the situation is so dire that > implementation of the emergency plan is > required, I will NOT comply. Think Y2K is no big deal? You're gonna > take the ride of your > life for the next 5 years. God be with you all. By the way, what's the > official corporate PR > statement? "Y2K - We're OK". Sound familiar? Believe it? You're an > idiot. > > > Sent via Deja.com deja.com > Before you buy.

To: Jeff Mizer who wrote (9531)	12/28/1999 10:58:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Not a good time for this to happen ... Wonder how this affects last minute Y2K remediation? PARIS, Dec 28 (AFP) - Millions of French awoke without electricity Tuesday and thousands of travellers were stranded after two powerful storms lashed the country ... The country's power grid was devastated by the storms, with electricity to 3.4 million homes cut off early Tuesday and litte hope of restoring much of the service before the weekend, the state utility EDF said. As temperatures in some areas dropped to freezing, Jean-Pierre Bourdier, a spokesman for Electricite de France, said 36 high-voltage lines were out of service, representing a quarter of the national grid ... greenspun.com Cheryl