>So here is my wandering (and actually a little bit of ranting - please
>forgive...). Gary and I spoke briefly about the fact that many computers
>are not capable of going past the year 1999 and that we really don't have
>a handle on the true impact this will have. It reminded of the only
>article I have seen about the problem and it was on a consultant hired by
>the Federal government to deal with the problem. His comment was
>basically that too little was being done too late.
>
Sheri,
We have been doing a considerable amount of thinking and planning about
the impacts of the year 2000 on our organization. We have been working
with our vendors and in-house software to address programming changes.
The State of Texas also has a task-force dealing with this issue on a
state-wide (governmental) basis. My concern is, what impacts will this
have on my personnel life? For example, what is the insurance (auto,
homeowners) doing to minimize impacts on policy holders. We could all be
cancelled because of a computer glitch. This is not an exciting prospect
what with living in the Tornado Belt. I would be curious to hear what
steps are being taken by those in industry who participate on this list.
--Deborah Broome City of Plano 1520 Avenue K Plano, Texas 75074 e-mail: debbieb@linux.plano.gov PHONE: 972-461-7465 FAX: 972-423-9587
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