Date: Tue 16 Dec 97 12:15:20-PST

From: Ken Laws LAWS[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ai.sri.com

THE COMPUTISTS' COMMUNIQUE (Vol. 7, No. 85, December 16, 1997)



....Gartner Group estimates that 30% of all companies internationally have

not yet begun to deal with Year 2000 issues. London IT psychologist David

Lewis estimates that two in five business leaders are "Internots," still

in denial. As an example of the problems that "Y2K stragglers" may face,

Brian Wengenroth of Booz, Allen & Hamilton cites a large oil company

which recently discovered that thousands of its refinery oil valve

controllers will need new chips. However, new chips don't work on the old

motherboards, and the new motherboards don't fit the old valves -- so the

valves have to be replaced as well. [Bronwyn Fryer, 08Dec97. Paul Milne

fedinfo[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]halifax.com , comp.software.year-2000, 11Dec97.] ....

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