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To: Quad Sevens who wrote (5908)	11/13/1997 6:27:00 PM
From: Quad Sevens	Respond to of 31646

The following just appeared on comp.software.year-2000 ______________________ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:19:52 -0600 From: "Leon Kappelman" <kapp@unt.edu> The following information was presented at the November meeting of the Energy Industry Y2K SIG, and passed on to us by Jay Abshier, Manager of the Corporate Year 2000 Office at Texaco Inc. Best wishes, Leon Kappelman ----------- Excerpt from formwarded message follows ----------- I am a member of an Energy Industry Y2K SIG (ad hoc) with 19 member companies. Most of us are either pursuing or starting to pursue inventory and assessment of our field systems. Some results are starting to come in. Thought you might be interested. * Four Alcoa Steel Plants * 50% of control systems will fail * North Sea Expro (Shell-Exxon JV) * Platform, Pipeline and Gas Plants * 1200 systems identified, 12% failure rate * BP Refinery, Grangemouth, UK * 94 systems identified * Couldn't find vendor for 20 * 74 assessed * 3 will fail, 2 will cause shutdown Jay Abshier Mgr- Corporate Year 2000 Office Texaco Inc Bellaire, Texas _________________ Wade

To: Quad Sevens who wrote (5908)	11/13/1997 6:29:00 PM
From: Stuart Schreiber	Respond to of 31646

Wade, great info! On the eve of earnings and conference call I think it's important to focus not on the past but on the future. Most of us are here because of the enormous potential we see for Topro. We'll know more tomorrow about their plan of action. Of course, for some, a few cents either way will make a big difference. For most of us, it shouldn't matter. My question has always been whether this company has the expertise and game plan to capitalize on a huge market. Thus far, I'm very pleased. Stay focused. Stu