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To: big run who wrote (19583)	6/29/1998 11:28:00 AM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Respond to of 31646

bigrun - "band-aid" style temporary fixes to keep things going until they can come back to fix it all properly. Like holding the car's muffler on with baling wire until you can get to a shop. :-)

To: big run who wrote (19583)	6/29/1998 11:35:00 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

Big Run, Would you care to amplify on the "alternatives" available to manufacturers?? From what I have been able to assess thus far, manufacturers will be concentrating on "mission critical" systems and "triage", although I have yet to hear a clear, concise definition of those two terms. My speculation is that manufacturers will consolidate production lines that produce their most profitable product lines and cut back on low-margin products. In this day of just-in-time inventory and ERP, I don't understand which systems would be "non-mission critical". Again, I suspect that large manufacturers may find themselves at the mercy of unprepared suppliers and the remaining compliant alternative suppliers will find them themselves unable to adequately supply additional customers (eg: suppliers to Boeing were unable to ramp up in time to meet Boeings manufacturing expansion, thus impacting production goals for that aircraft manufacturer). I think their will be a silver lining to Y2K, and that will be the re-tooling and reorganization of innumerable manufacturers during the post-2000 years. This should provide ample business for TAVA in their core business. What do you think is going to happen?? Regards, Ron

To: big run who wrote (19583)	6/29/1998 11:37:00 AM
From: James Strauss	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

Procrastination... BR: Believe it or not, some companies will procrastinate for a variety of reasons... Also, many overseas companies won't be ready... TAVA will be doing Y2k Remediation for years after that 1/1/2000 date... In addition to this, their core business will grow through their increasing exposure to corporate decision makers during the next 18 months... Jim

To: big run who wrote (19583)	6/29/1998 12:10:00 PM
From: GoodQ	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 31646

I will answer this for you only once. First. Y2K problems don't always fail on 1/1/2000. Most of the Y2K problems are accumulative. Second. Embedded Y2K problems don't get resolved by fixing the code or the chip. That is one way of doing it. A more productive way is to replace the system and improve technology, process etc. at the same time; Provided you have the time to do this integration work before Y2K failure cost you more. AND Gee, TAVA is an engineering integration services company. I advice everyone to do better homework on the Y2K problem first, otherwise, questions like this will not be answered again in the future.