ed has a thread going on his site where he is requesting input from all.

please read the thread and respond...he only has 5 minutes to make his case.

http://greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=000o2K

if the senate is interviewing the gi's on preparation...something is in the wind. quess all is not rosy after all.

-- Anonymous, May 08, 1999

Answers

Ed, I found some information that may help you. In the South China Morning Post in the Technology Section on April 26, 1999, I saw an articl entitled "Serious Y2K risks in embedded systems report". In the article it cites a report by BSC Consulting a London-based IT consultancy firm. They surveyed 38,361 systems involving telecommunications, medical equipment, utilities etc. They found 6.8% are noncompliant. This is significantly higher than the Gartner Group's findings.

Good Luck with your Testimony.

-- Anonymous, May 11, 1999

As to the above post, kindly provide a link to the mentioned article. I have done a search of the South China Morning Post site and come up with nothing on "embedded systems" or the "BSC Consulting" listed in your post. I trust you can clear this up.

Bob Allen

-- Anonymous, May 11, 1999

Bob, maybe the South China Post got an early look at the report. On the BSC Press Information page it's dated 5 May, 1999. The link is:

http://www.bsc-consulting.co.uk/latest/y2k.htm

-- Anonymous, May 11, 1999