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To: Karl Drobnic who wrote (11890)	2/23/1998 11:25:00 PM
From: DD™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

Y2K Business Week Article.. businessweek.com Excerpt.. "Indeed, what makes Year 2000 particularly vexing is that it affects both stand-alone computers and the embedded processors built into all sorts of modern equipment, from automated factory equipment to power plants to cars to cellular telephones. Last fall, Phillips Petroleum Co. engineers ran Year 2000 tests on an oil-and-gas production platform in the North Sea. The result: In a simulation, an essential safety system for detecting harmful gases such as hydrogen sulfide got confused and shut down. In real life, that would have rendered the platform unusable. Similar problems can occur in almost any sort of modern manufacturing that involves sensors and ''smart'' machinery. ''There will be facilities where they go in and turn on the machines and they won't go on,''says Dean Kothmann, head of the technology division at engineering firm Black & Veatch, the world's largest provider of power plants." DD

To: Karl Drobnic who wrote (11890)	2/24/1998 12:04:00 AM
From: ROBERT H RICHMOND	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

HI Karl, Speaking of PR,Nightly Business Report showcased the head of the federal reserve system speaking on the y2k problem. He came closer to anyone in the national media to admitting that the crisis is real. He said the fed has been working on the problem for several years and expected to be y2k compliant by June 98. He said they were closely monitoring all US financial institutions and expected to begin compatibility testing this year. He was not optimistic that all US financial institutions would be compliant in time and that the fed would probably have to dump some firms. He was pessimistic about Europe and very concerned about Asia. He estimated the fed's total costs approaching 100 million dollars. Maybe, people will start to get the message. Yours in TAVA. rhr

To: Karl Drobnic who wrote (11890)	2/24/1998 7:18:00 AM
From: Robert F. Newton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

I guarantee you'll hear about it when companies do become Y2K compliant. They will use it as a competitive advantage via advertising, selling, etc........................