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To: Jerry in Omaha who wrote (63)	5/7/1998 5:44:00 PM
From: Jerry in Omaha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3536

To All: Just in case anyone thinks that the Y2K situation is a "pretend problem" a friend of mine just emailed me the following: "Now even the spooks are spooked, the following is a public statement released by the CIA as Y2K has surfaced on their radar screen. Checking Micro Soft's list of recent software that is not fully compliant I saw that Windows NT is not even fully compliant and that is the system our power plant uses for plant operation. We are roughly 50% percent integrated with PC controls and the other 50% is still analog controls from the 70's." [Excerpted from a Reuters story] "WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT the potential disruption of power grids, telecommunications and banking services" among other possible fallout, especially in countries already torn by political tensions, Sherry Burns said. In an interview with Reuter, she said CIA systems engineers and intelligence analysts were focusing beyond the technical problem of reprogramming computers to recognize dates when the calendar turns to Jan.1, 2000. Instead, the spy agency has begun to collect and analyze information on preparations for the "social, political and economic tumult" that could flow from interruptions of essential services in some fragile societies. Millions of computers and embedded chips - some central to financial markets, air traffic control systems and even elevators and heating systems in office buildings - cannot distinguish between 1900 and 2000 because years have been expressed in two-digit shorthand in old programming." Show me the venture capitalist that would bite hard into a business plan with the above disclaimer! Jerard P