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Technology Stocks : Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Mansfield who wrote (568)	10/10/1998 2:34:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 618

y2kupdatereport.com interview with Roleigh Martin; good explanation on the embedded system Y2k problem (audio) rollover behaviour examples... industrial sector... devices have a life span of 15 years, not like the PC industry. So basically per year only 1/15 of installed base can be exchanged. With overwork only part can be replaced. Majority has to get by without an upgrade... so have to accomodate not enough bodies over there... not enough budgetting FIRMS DO NOT THINK ABOUT ORDER/DELIVERY TIMES... BACKLOGS WILL OCCUR VERY SOON. Key question to utilities: 'HAVE YOU ORDERED ALL YOUR REPLACEMENTS AND ENGINEERS?'