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

To: John Mansfield who wrote (750)	12/21/1997 1:01:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

Y2K-EMBEDDED - C.S.Y2K "Building Death" Found on C.S.Y2K Interesting and very detailed description of embedded systems in buildings, and possible y2k problems in them. Thanks to Harlan Smith, Blake Allan. It is a long posting, so I present only someparagraphs. Search fo ' "Embedded Systems" in Buildings' in www.dejanews.com; posting: Subject: "Embedded Systems" in Buildings From: "Harlan Smith" <hwsmith.nowhere@cris.com> Date: 1997/12/15 Message-ID: <01bd09ad$a8f591a0$2642adce@CRC3.concentric.net> Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000 John ----------------- 'I have been given permission to share the following dialog with you regarding the Y2K remediaton of "embedded systems" in buildings. Other relevant terms are "HVAC" (Heating Ventialting and Air Conditioning) and IBC (Intelligent Building Control). ... Blake Allan: 'I am going to describe an embedded system using an example of a system that I have been involved with since installation a few years ago. This system controls Heating Ventilation and Air-conditioning (HVAC) in an industrial office warehouse facility. This is typical of probably thousands of similar facilities worldwide.' <then follows a detailed description of how these systems functions, and the y2k problems in them - JM> .... >>This just boggles my mind. I'm thinking of a coining a new expression here "Building Death".<< ....

To: John Mansfield who wrote (750)	12/21/1997 1:18:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Y2K-EUROPE - Belgium letter to Prime Minister First thing I have found on the internet from Belgium up till now! John --------------------------- Subject: Re: OPEN LETTER to Jean-Luc Dehaene, prime minister (#2) From: "olivier" <Olaurent@arcadis.be> Date: 1997/12/15 Message-ID: <01bd09b0$fde85dc0$b00107c3@default> Newsgroups: soc.culture.belgium,be.science,be.politics >'Dear Sir, We are writing to express our concern that the government needs to take a greater role in helping the nation prepare for the consequences of the year 2000 problem. Much effort and progress has been made in addressing the need to fix computer systems. However, it is apparent that many will not complete repair work in time. As you are maybe well aware, federal agencies will likely not complete their efforts on time and many organizations have not assessed EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OTHER EXPOSURES' ....