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

To: Colin Christie who wrote (10336)	3/21/1998 7:28:00 PM
From: stevedhu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13949

Colin, I got a new Master Care in the mail the other day, and it expires 31 Mar 01. I tried it today for the first time at a Diamond Shamrock gas station here in Houston, and you guessed it, no go. The clerk had to run it by hand, I asked him if it was common and he said yes on all cards dated after 99. This is going to get messy before it's all over. Take Care Steve

To: Colin Christie who wrote (10336)	3/22/1998 1:02:00 AM
From: David Eddy	Respond to of 13949

Colin - While Motorola's efforts to address Year 2000 issues will involve additional costs, the Company believes, based on currently available information Bingo... you/they just stepped into ground zero... ask even big, well run companies like Motorola about their historical track record on software development efforts & more often than not the response from management is a blank look... like it's the first time anyone's asked them the question. I'd bet you could ask them how efficiently they were producing chips ten years ago & they'd have (probably top secret internal knowledge) details on chip yield and the trend lines from way into the past. Ask for the same sort of facts/knowledge about software development & maintenance efforts & they'll be stunned... first time they've ever thought about the question. Companies have financial ratios measuring every little pimple, but simply don't have a clue how well they build & maintain their central nervous systems... the software & data that flows thru the software systems. You have to go to outside experts like Caper Jones [ spr.com ] & his writings... no wonder management wants to know nothing. - David

To: Colin Christie who wrote (10336)	3/22/1998 1:42:00 AM
From: tech	Respond to of 13949

Colin, if you are interested in finding out which company Motorola may be using to address thier Year 2000 problem, I suggest you look at the following press releases: ConSyGen Inc. Announces Successful Completion of Testing of Motorola Benefits Program biz.yahoo.com Ms. Marge Davies, Motorola's project manager for the project, stated: ''I am impressed with the ConSyGen 2000 toolset and its ability to identify and list missing code, to give us complete exception reports, and to make code compliant for the Year 2000 with such speed and accuracy. To be honest, when ConSyGen said that they could make our system Year 2000 compliant in a very short time, I really didn't believe them. When ConSyGen delivered the compliant code in only eight days, I was amazed. We weren't even ready to start testing.'' : : ConSyGen Appoints Three External Board Members biz.yahoo.com PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 1998--ConSyGen (OTC BB: CSGI - news) today announced the appointment of three (3) external Board Members. Appointed to ConSyGen's Board are Daniel G. Queyssac, President & Chief Operating Officer at ASM America; Richard L. Ruth, President & Chief Operating Officer at Technology Group of Arizona; and Andrew Lee, Co-Chairman & Co-Chief Operating Officer at Greater Alliance Corporation, and President & Chief Operating Officer at First Shanghai Corporation. Queyssac has been involved in the high tech arena throughout his career. His previous positions include President at TechnoPart; President & Chief Operating Officer at Novellus Systems, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer at SGS-Thompson Microelectronics; President & Chief Executive Officer at SGS Semiconductor Corp.; and several positions at Motorola, the last being Director of International Operations. Ruth has extensive experience in the high tech arena also. His previous positions include, President at MobileData Communications Corp.; Executive Director at Marconi Instruments Inc.; Director at AB Dick Company; General Manager of Tempe Operations at Codex Corp. (a subsidiary of Motorola); General Manager of Motorola Microsystems; and several engineering positions at Honeywell Information Systems and General Electric Company [NYSE:GE - news]. : : ConSyGen Announces Appointment of Three New Vice Presidents biz.yahoo.com PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 1998--ConSyGen, Inc. (OTCBB:CSGI - news) today announced the appointment of three new vice presidents, including Raj Kapur, vice president and chief financial officer, Jim Vittera, vice president and director of North American Sales and Marketing, and Steve Kelly, vice president, General Counsel and Corporate Administration. Vittera joins ConSyGen after serving 25 years in various engineering, sales and marketing positions with Motorola. Kelly joins the company from Motorola,* and has previously served as corporate counsel at Datapoint and Fujitsu.* : : ConSyGen Inc. Names Ron Bishop CEO, President #reply-1295474 Bishop was vice president of Motorola Inc.'s (MOT) computer group. : : Not only has ConSyGen already performed a successful pilot for Motorola, but their management has been inundated with ex-Motorola executives. You could say that ConSyGen's management team has been hand picked to work with Motorola. For more information on ConSyGen you can check out their web page at: >> consygen.com or their SI page at: >> #Subject-11450