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Biotech / Medical : XOMA. Bull or Bear? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: vpelt who wrote (6650)	7/11/1998 1:54:00 PM
From: Tharos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17367

You weren't initially talking Armageddon, just problems with hospitals and Xoma. I suppose a hospital that does not have emergency power back-up that is relying on a utility that has an embedded time sensitive system that cannot rollover to Y2K and exists in a utility grid that will fail because of the Y2K problem could experience difficulties. It is possible there exists medical equipment with built in diagnostics relying on double digit year programming that will fail in 2000. Same could be said for utilities. How long will the problem last? Probably only as long as it takes an enterprising technican to reset system clocks and run the diagnostics as needed. I suppose a manufacturing/utility process that is tied directly into the national atomic clock may not have time/date reset capabilities. I suppose it is possible for Xoma to be totally unaware of the Y2K problem and not add inventory to cover manufacturing processes during the first two or three weeks in Jan, 2000 "just in case" something goes wrong. Thanks for inviting us to the SI Y2K thread, but I think I will rely on itpolicy.gsa.gov