>I guess if you are not in the industry and it is not what pays for your
>house, kids, wife, vehicles, investments, and living expenses you don't
>actually see the impact of the Y2K problem.
or at least any impact to you is out of your control... just prepare to lose
services.
I want to get a generator- I have a well, and won't even have water without
power!
this isn't limited to Y2K- I should have one on hand for emergencies...
>There are allot of companies out there who have this we will wait and see
>attitude about Y2K, wait till they get into work the next Monday and there
Monday should be a holiday (new years is on Saturday)- a good day to try
things out and figure out if you want the whole staff to come in on
Tuesday...
>entire operational program that was written in 1986 isn't able to say
>process orders from the warehouse...maybe they sell....um....who
>know....widgets for Mopar.....no more widgets.....
>I was talking to a tech at Lucent the other day, he said that there are
>phone switches out there (in small and remote towns) that are in no way
>ready for Y2K....no phones could be a problem for some small communities
>come 2000.
That's where I live- Penrose... it's not even a town- that would imply a
city government- pop. is probably 3 to 4,000. I'll be getting a digital
cell phone for backup (maybe for primary, depending on service & price)
>The state of Colorado is still not Y2K compliant, neither is....get
>this...the IRS.
That would be a real good reason to get rid of them, then.... :-)
>The Y2K is not all bad....it is making me more money on the side now...I
>have calls daily people asking me to check their machines and networks for
>Y2K compliance, updating BIOS, and installing Windows 98 or NT...."Thank
>you, that will be $85 an hour."
It's keeping me busy part of the time, certifying networks for MCIWorldcom
customers (particularly NASDAQ)
Gary Shook
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