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To: Clarksterh who wrote (20539)	6/17/1998 6:10:00 PM
From: Ramsey Su	Respond to of 70976

Clark, my sentiments exactly on the Y2K problem. I suspect that everything was blamed on El Nino a few months ago. Now Asia is taking the heat. Starting in the near future, all we are going to hear about is Y2K Y2k. There is so much material available about Y2K on the net now that I can spend 2000 yrs reading and still won't catch up. So far, I have seen optmistic opinions but I have yet to see any company who claims that they have the problem solved, or even a solution, or even quantified data showing how it may not be a problem. the only good news I see out of the Y2K issue is the demise of the IRS. They are apparently so far behind in just trying to catch up on the 1997 tax law changes that they pretty much have given up hope on Y2K. There is nothing more that I would like as a yr 2000 present as the total failure of the IRS computer system. Ramsey

To: Clarksterh who wrote (20539)	6/17/1998 6:12:00 PM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Clark, *OTY2K, Fully agree with each statement made. UPRR was on the leading edge of cleaning up their systems about 4 years ago. It's likely that they're in pretty good shape from a Y2K perspective. Now if they could only run a railroad. :-) So, when is it going to be a priority?* Answer # 1: When the incumbent maintenance manager realizes, he'll still be in the job when the systems come crashing down around his ears. Then, the problems will be prevented. This, is at best, a partial solution applying to a small %age of systems. Answer # 2: New systems are usually Y2K capable. If not, time for the "chain-saw" approach to staff motivation.