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To: James Strauss who wrote (16288)	5/8/1998 3:19:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

[HARLAN] "focused application of resources" Harlan Smith presents very good thinking on Y2K on C.S.Y2K. John _____ 'Here are some areas where the Y2K problem is perceived to be "growing" and we could consequently benefit greatly from "focused application of resources". more lines of COBOL code to remediate discovered, discovery of more missing source code mind boggling difficulties perceived to be involved in remediating "embedded systems", many tens of thousands of mid-range computers thought to be OK but far from it (IBM System/34, /36) telecom companies finding it extremely difficult to get replacement software and hardware, assessment time for complex AF systems taking far too long to accomplish all federal government agencies in dire straits state governments very slow to awaken city/county governments still asleep synchronizing of change over to remediated code between communicating organizations not properly scheduled little awareness in foreign countries competition of "Euro" conversion thrust total absence of leadership from Clinton and Gore contingency planning stalled or impossible because there is no visible basis for contingency planning software developers thinking of nothing but planning for survival (rightfully so, as they see no possibility of a successful outcome, but nevertheless becoming more and more of a morale problem) people at all intellectual levels, from scientists and skilled programmers to factory workers -- still completely oblivious no central planning and direction to focus our resources where they will do the most good probable inadequate contribution to this month's G8 conference in Birmingham, England nuclear and conventional power plant databases _not shared between all 108 nuclear reactors and 9,000 electric utilities no central authority to manage mitigation of power grid Oil supply problem as influenced by embedded system problems and potential for international chaos remains largely undefined. there are THOUSANDS of helpful TECHNICAL things the government could do and most of them are not being done. much, much more . -- Harlan ___ Subject: - FOCUS OF RESOURCES NEEDED Date: 08 May 1998 08:04:59 EDT From: "Harlan Smith" <hwsmith.nowhere@cris.com> Organization: Paperless Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000

To: James Strauss who wrote (16288)	5/8/1998 3:25:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 31646

[COWLES] '...power companies are unloading their turkeys...' In article <6ir481$8g0$1@guysmiley.blarg.net>, "Roger J. Dyckman" <adept@accutek.net> wrote: > > Reported in the KIRO New Fax (All new radio station's fax service). > > PG & E announce that they are putting ALL their generating capacity > (primarily Hydro) up for sale. > > Going to concentrate on DISTRIBUTION. > > Rick ... know anything about this ?? > > Could it be Y2k related (more problems with generating than distributing) ?? > > Roger Roger, I wrote a Westergaard column about this phenomena back in December, I believe. Go to the www.y2ktimebomb.com and take a look. The short story is that power companies are unloading their turkeys (read: non-moneymakers) due to deregulation. My guess is that no Y2K efforts have been made on any of these plants, and that may factor into the economic decision to unload the plants (the cost of making them Y2K 'ready'). Individual state Public Utility Commissions have to approve such sale. FWIW, my recommendation has been to make any sales contingent on, at a minimum, Y2K disclosure to the buying company, all the way to requiring that these plants be made compliant prior to consumating the sale. -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- dejanews.com Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading ______ Subject: Re: PG & E to Sell Generating Capacity Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 02:40:00 GMT From: rcowles@waterw.com Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000 References: 1