RE: Y2K Switchoff

[Colin Williams <Williamsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, of course. I just assumed that the power companies would not have
any problems. If the power companies go down wont there be anarchy
everywhere anyway!

>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Cirocco [mailto:john_cirocco@piercestevens.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 6:19 PM
>To: Colin Williams
>Subject: RE: Y2K Switchoff
>
>
>Colin,
>
>   We are bringing our plants mission critical pieces Friday 
>and bringing
>them up Sunday morning.  We have been told that the local 
>energy supplier
>expects no MAJOR problems but there is always the possibility of
>localized problems.  Since my UPS has minutes vs. hours of uptime, we
>felt it best to shut the stuff down.
>
>Regards,
>John
>
>John W. Cirocco
>Director, Information Technology
>Pierce & Stevens Corp.
>710 Ohio Street
>Buffalo, NY 14203
>John_Cirocco@PierceStevens.com
>Phone 716-856-4910 Ext. 201
>Pager 1-800-670-7039
>   or 6707039@pagemci.com
>
>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Colin Williams [mailto:MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 10:15 AM
>>> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
>>> Subject: Y2K Switchoff
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have heard of a company that is switching off their 400 on
>>> the Friday
>>> before Y2K and then switching it on again on the Saturday. For some
>>> reason they believe this will stop any Y2K problems with the
>>> machine.
>>>
>>> This seems very strange to me, as I would think most Y2K
>>> problems would
>>> relate to applications, and not AS/400 hardware or OS stuff.
>>>
>>> Anyone heard of any other companies doing a similar  thing.
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