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Technology Stocks : Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Mansfield who wrote (243)	3/16/1998 4:08:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 618

Feb.10 1997 Informationweek - Pacificorp 'Kappelman says government regulators should mandate deadlines for certain businesses, such as utilities and manufacturing, to fix not only software code but also equipment with embedded chips programmed with two-digit years. Paul Pechersky, VP and CIO at PacifiCorp, a utility in Portland, Ore., says he's amazed there hasn't been such a government mandate for his industry. "Utilities and phone companies are regulated in other areas," he says. "You'd think there might be some sort of directive ensuring that this is done or to speed up the process." ' techweb.com : search for y2k AND embedded

To: John Mansfield who wrote (243)	3/17/1998 2:14:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 618

'...we'll have to take our vendor's certification that it's year 2000-compliant as gospel,' njo.com 'I know there's a lot of fear out there, but I don't think medical equipment is going to be a major deal because there's little in it that's date-sensitive," said Dr. John Hagaman, a Princeton Borough cardiologist. "My concern is on the billing side, both in medical offices and in hospitals." Bart Gilbert, director of clinical engineering at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton, isn't so sure. "There's some equipment that we'll be able to test, but on much of it we'll have to take our vendor's certification that it's year 2000-compliant as gospel," he said. "We can't test everything, and you can be sure there will be some equipment that will not work properly."'