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Technology Stocks : PSFT - 1999: The "Make-It-or-Break-It" Year? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bob zagorin who wrote (499)	4/14/1999 11:46:00 AM
From: David W. Ricker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1274

OT- Y2K Lockdown example. I don't know if this is typical, but I just got out of a meeting in which it was announced that we are undergoing an independent audit verification of our Y2K testing to be completed by June 1st. After that, we are not allowed to do any system updates (unless we bring back the auditors for re-verification) until March 1 of 2000. From my perspective, this is absolutely ludicrous. The guy from the audit firm said this is pretty common (of course he is going to say this, he is in the business). But management is in a pretty pickle about it, makes the cost of making changes and satisfying customers really high. I am thinking I have a leave of absence in my future. The good news is that this could mean a lot of IT folks sitting around looking for something to do for the next 11 months. Why not start some new ERP project (or add-on), scheduled to come up in the next 12-18? Oh well, I guess that is just wishful thinking.