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To: John Mansfield who wrote (8685)	1/11/1998 6:59:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 31646

New York State Agencies Have Just Started Looking for Bad Chips garynorth.com New York State Agencies Have Just Srtarted Looking for Bad Chips Link: irm.state.ny.us '... Comment: In November, 1997, a minor bureaucracy of the State of New York instructed agencies to begin looking for noncompliant chips. ' ... 'At the November 6, 1997 Agency Year 2000 Project Managers Meeting, it was determined by agencies and the Office for Technology that each agency should designate a project manager for managing the task of bringing their agency's Embedded Systems into Year 2000 compliance. The Office for Technology will be sending a memo to all agencies in this regard. The first meeting of this workgroup of project managers will coincide with the next Agency Year 2000 Project Managers Meeting to be held in late January (date to be announced). Agencies may elect to designate their current Year 2000 Project Manager as the Embedded Systems manager or another manager. '

To: John Mansfield who wrote (8685)	1/11/1998 7:05:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31646

The Crisis in Manufacturing Will Begin in Late 1999, Says Expert garynorth.com The Crisis in Manufacturing Will Begin in Late 1999, Says Expert Link: 2k-times.com 'Comment: This summary is quite useful. It appears on a page devoted entirely to the embedded chip problem -- also quite useful. This report is written by a man in Britain who helps large firms solve their noncompliant embedded chip problem. He points to the widespread use of chips in manufacturing. These chips are everywhere. Worse: they are embedded in old systems. These systems are crucial for existing production. So, they don't get upgraded often. As he says: "The pressure to keep the production process running is great. As a result, production managers resist changes to embedded systems on the if it ain't broke, don't fix it basis. This means that when the next version of the operating system comes along, it is not automatically installed. If improved functionality could be achieved by upgrading bespoke software, it is not acted upon. Hardware which is no longer supported by the manufacturer remains in use. The result is a bunch of ageing systems, based on languages, packages and processors for which the skills are gradually being lost." Now these systems must all be checked for defects and upgraded. Not many firms are ready to do this. Hence, this is a big problem, and time is running out. '