Re: Y2K problems - Armageddon or Much Ado about Nothing?

[Rob Dixon <rob.dixon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike

Thanks for responding.

Mike Shaw wrote:

> Closer to home, there was an article in last month's Wired about all of the
> techies working Y2K that have purchased land in very remote parts and
> building small fortresses on them in preparation for the Y2K disaster.  Yes,
> they and their families are going underground until it is over!  I thought
> if funny that their Sept issue that just came out has the fact that they are
> Y2K compliant in the front cover just under the WIRED Banner!  At the top,
> right below the big WIRED letters is "Y2K Compliant".

I gave up reading WIRED a year or more ago, but it might well be that article
which the UK press picked up on for the US part.  Thanks for passing it on.

What do you think are the answers to my Y2K question?  There is talk in the UK
that 1 in 10 companies will not survive the year 2000.  Is the view the same
elsewhere?  Will any AS/400's get the blame?

Rob Dixon
Erros plc

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> Mike Shaw
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Dixon <rob.dixon@erros.co.uk>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 1:36 AM
> Subject: Y2K problems - Armageddon or Much Ado about Nothing?
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> >The UK press, both popular newspapers and technical magazines, publish
> >ever more hysterical articles about the Y2K problem, yet it is not the
> >most frequent topic in this group. Some articles refer as much to
> >American as much as UK hysteria.
> >
> >Assuming that the members of this mailing list represent typical AS/400
> >sites, is this apparent lack of interest because -
> >
> >1.  Our systems have, from the beginning, anticipated the problem?  This
> >should be the answer!
> >
> >2.  All the necessary work has been done in our installations and we
> >have moved on to more interesting problems?
> >
> >3.  We are working flat out to solve the problems and have not got spare
> >time to post messages
> >about it?
> >
> >Is anyone prepared to admit that they still have a serious problem?
> >
> >Just curious!
> >
> >Rob Dixon
> >Erros plc
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