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To: John Mansfield who wrote (700)	12/14/1997 8:37:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9818

Y2K-EC - 'Germany continues to be relaxed about Year 2000' From: The official Y2K/Euro site of the EC: cordis.lu 'Year 2000 in Europe - The Impact & The Imperative for Essential Business Systems (PDF), Neaman Bond Associates, November 1997. A survey conducted by Neaman Bond Associates, sponsored by VIASOFT and with financial support from the European Commission. The opinions expressed in the report are solely those of its authors and the publication of the report on the CORDIS web site does not imply any endorsement of its content by the European Commission.' 'We spoke to 1,046 senior IT managers and Business Leaders of Global 2000 level organisations in 10 mayor countries'. Page 8: '...Germany continues to be relaxed about Year 2000. Only one German organisation in 4 rated it as a mayor challenge. We continue to think this reflects the delayed take up of technology issues and preoccupation with the Euro which has been typical of the German market'

To: John Mansfield who wrote (700)	12/14/1997 8:50:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

Y2K-TESTING - Excellent document on testing embedded systems aieg.org This is a very comprehensive document on how to test embedded systems. The following was particularly interesting to me: ------ '1.1 Executive Summary ... It is important to recognize that judgment must be exercised to decide which tests apply to a specific component or system. Time spent planning will be paid back many times, since experience has shown that much time is wasted if the test procedures are not organized in the most efficient order for actually performing the tests.' ... 'Where these methods prove out, a large reduction in test effort can be reduced to simply bench testing the PLC code. Some vendors are currently developing programs to scan the logic for their more popular products; as information is collected this document will be updated.' ----- '1.3 Control System Component Type The following sections describe the categories or component types of computer based devices typically used in manufacturing & facilities systems. This information summarizes the equipment which may be affected by Year 2000 problems and matches the inventory process. As the complexity of a control system increases, the probability also increases that a date related problem exists. For the purpose of defining test requirements, the microprocessor based devices and control systems encountered in the manufacturing environment are grouped by the following component types: HMI Weld Controller Instrumentation Specialized Systems Motion Control PLC Information Co-processor Robot CNC Vision System BIOS PC/Micro/Mini Software Software-Custom Integrator This list is ordered generally by increasing level of complexity of the control system class and the level of testing required. It is not possible to test a complex system 100%, but a reasonable effort can be made to identify Year 2000 problems with a limited number of test case scenarios. ( See section 2.3 Which Tests Apply )' ----- Extensive list of different date rollovers to be tested: '3.1 Critical Date Values for Year 2000 Testing The following dates should be tested for proper operation: 1.0000-00-00 Special Value 2.1998-12-31 Rollover, Reboot 3.1999-01-01 Special Value 4.1999-09-09 Special Value 5.1999-12-31 Special Value, Rollover, Reboot 6.2000-01-01 Day of Week, Day of Year 7.2000-02-28 Rollover, Reboot 8.2000-02-29 Rollover, Reboot, Day of Week 9.2000-03-01 Day of Week 10.2000-12-31 Rollover, Reboot, Day of Week, Day of Year 11.2001-01-01 Day of Week, Day of Year ' 12.2027-12-31 Rollover, Reboot, Day of Week, Day of Year -------- 4.2.2 General Test Report Instructions Result - Pass, Fail, Not Applicable Effect - I (Inconvenient), S (Severe) or C (Catastrophic) Severity - scale rating failure from 1 to 10 where: 1.- MILD - misspelled words 2.- MODERATE - misleading or redundant information 3.- ANNOYING - truncated names 4.- DISTURBING - some transactions not processed 5.- SERIOUS - lose a transaction 6.- VERY SERIOUS - incorrect transaction execution 7.- EXTREME - frequent very serious errors 8.- INTOLERABLE - database corruption 9.- CATASTROPHIC - system shutdown 10.- INFECTIOUS - shutdown spreads to other systems

To: John Mansfield who wrote (700)	12/14/1997 9:01:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Y2K-LEGAL - excellent document on Legal Liability (Corporate Funding) Found on the Y2K-euro site of the EC: cordis.lu Tarlo Lyons, Law Firm, London 'Legel Liability and the millenium date change problem' Some topics covered are: - Product liability - Health and Safety - Liability of directors - Regulatory Liability - Audit - Corporate Funding: .... 'A company therefore wishing to raise finance by listing and issuing securities to the public may foul of the Act if it fails to address issues of liability for non Y2K compliance or the cost of ensuring compliance which may affect the bottom line and therefore the company's financial status'.