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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Stocks: An Investment Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David Eddy who wrote (9857)	3/5/1998 2:54:00 AM
From: Philip H. Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13949

Power Plants: Already Too Late to Start Fixing Y2k Embedded Systems-- Article on Westergaard quotes anonymous Y2k expert, 3/3/98. I don't know if this has been posted yet, but here it is: y2ktimebomb.com Excerpt: "Those who have not yet recognized the embedded systems problems are already too late. It was said to take about 21 months to make one power generation plant Year 2000 compliant. 'The only thing we can be certain about the Year 2000 is that we won't be able to catch everything.' (Speaker with the State Public Power District who opened the meeting) The opinion was expressed that complete Year 2000 remediation for a number of utilities is an insurmountable task; therefore, they should just attempt to make the steps necessary to prove due diligence in the court of law." Philip