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It's Just a Bookkeeping Problem
by Ray Strackbein
I see many possible outcomes of theY2K problem.
One possible outcome is that everyone is competent
and will get their own systems in order, but quietly for fear of being sued if they announce compliance but mess up. That one is contradicted by the occasional event that slaps me in the face.
In April, 1999, I spoke about Y2K at a food processors' convention. Before I spoke, I sat in the lunch area asking people what they thought about Y2K.
I encountered two engineers, each from different companies, who were at the convention to baby-sit food processing machines in the exhibit area. Both of the engineers separately dismissed Y2K
as a non-event. One even told me, "It's just a bookkeeping problem."
I conversed at length with each of them and learned both were design engineers, doing both mechanical and electronic design. I explained my understanding of embedded processor failure, being
certain that their machines used computerized control circuits. Both then realized their machines are Y2K vulnerable, yet they each had been telling management, "no problem."
How many engineers are still Y2K ignorant?
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