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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 (288)	3/28/1998 9:57:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 618

US Army infrastructure and y2k army.mil\/army-y2k/Infrastructure.htm

To: John Mansfield who wrote (288)	3/28/1998 4:19:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 618

Good article on y2k in manufacturing 'Millennial mayhem for manufacturing' From Mechanical Engineering, 1997 Think I have posted this some months ago, but I am not sure. Anyhow, this is an article well worth reading. John _________________ 'Good morning, it's Jan. 1, 2000. Will factories function today? <snip> 'Such estimates, however, often don't include many operations associated with manufacturing systems, according to Ken Owen, systems-integration director for Fluor Daniel in Greenville, S.C., which would raise the real price tag even higher. <Owen now is part of management team of TAVA> <snip> 'The biggest job in eliminating the millennium bug is just finding all the components that use dates <snip> 'Owen also suggested that a large operation with many facilities should not try to fix them all in one shot as its first step. Instead, pilot sites-two or three typical facilities-should be selected. "If you do a good selection," he said, "you can quickly develop good representative feedback for company executives, who can then look at the size of the problem and likely exposure. They can then determine the approach for the entire company." memagazine.org