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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 (265)	3/25/1998 4:19:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 618

'problem of medical equipment is becoming a real concern 'I read your letter and this problem of medical equipment is becoming a real concern. I have a Y2K web site at y2klinks.com and on the site is Millie. She is an Artificial Intelligence answer-bot that spiders out to find compliance statements on what folks ask her. She can find just about any info on hardware or COTS but when she gets questions about medical equipment she comes up "zip" nothing! Either no one wants to tell, or medical equipment has no embedded Y2K problem. In this day and age of the best health care known, we should have some sort of disclosure as to whether 01/01/2000 will put us back 100 years. Natasha > I am the project manager for my own companies 2000 efforts and have, at > least for the time being, convinced myself that we have everything well > in hand and are on track for completing our project by year end. (This > year end) However, a friend has approached me for information regarding > sources for Consultants that would be willing to come into their medical > facility and identify what exposure they may be faced with from embedded > systems. I have gained considerable experience in this area, but > between the 60 hour work weeks and actually trying to have a life, it is > not something that I am willing to take on. If you provide such > service, or know of anyone that is specializing in this area, could you O please refer them to me directly: gcole@sauder.com. _____________ Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 19:46:33 -0500 From: Natasha To: year2000-discuss@year2000.com Subject: Re: Healthcare Consultants: Embedded Systems: