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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2302)	7/28/1998 12:25:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

'The Year 2000 Problem and the Danger of Accidental Nuclear War The Year 2000 Problem with computers has attracted growing attention in the computer and commercial sectors, but it is only in recent weeks that the potential implications of this problem for the danger of nuclear war have become public. Because of the secrecy and sensitivity of strategic warfighting systems, there are currently few definitive answers, but many important questions that must be addressed in coming months by the nuclear weapon states. ... fas.org

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2302)	7/28/1998 12:31:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Addition to Ed Yardeni's Y2k site: '1.Electric Power Research Institute Embedded Systems Project, Vendor Questionnaire, Database 2.IEE, The Millennium Problem in Embedded Systems 3.Mark Frautschi, Embedded Systems, (6/24/98) 4.TAVA: Plant Y2K 'New' yardeni.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2302)	7/28/1998 4:19:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

'Year 2000 Problem: Strategies and Solutions From the Fortune 100 Author: Leon Kappelman Publisher: International Thomson Computer Press Price: $44.99 (includes CD-ROM for Windows 3.1 or higher)\| A thick book for a thorny problem. Dr. Kappelman, an associate professor of business computer information systems at the University of North Texas, and more than two dozen collaborators go into enough depth to touch on one city that has already begun to see a false drop in dog licenses because the computer thinks they expired in 1900. Computers and medical devices also keep track of when they were last calibrated and shut down when they detect a 99-year lapse in maintenance. Brace yourself for more lawsuits than the world has ever seen over a single issue, they warn. The authors, members of the Society of Information Management's International Year 2000 Working Group, mix a general overview with nuts-and-bolts advice. Their metaphor of the problem as a dragon and the solvers as dragon slayers gets a little old after a while. But the "war stories" about various companies - and the CIA - give specific, useful examples: hospital X upgraded to computer Y; company Q needed Z programmers. It also includes handy advice not found in many programming manuals: strategies on how to approach an angry boss. The Year 2000 Software Crisis Authors: Ian S. Hayes and William M. Ulrich Publisher: Yourdon Press Computing Series Price: $39.95, softback A guide for executives and managers, with overviews on setting priorities for which computer system to tackle first, testing software changes, anticipating disruptions in supplies and notifying clients or customers of problems. There's also advice on keeping records of how a company deals with updating its computers, in case of lawsuits later, and on how the cost of upgrading fits in with tax law. With so many topics in a fairly brief book, there's little depth on any one issue, but the book serves as a good road map for planning which areas to focus on.