In a message dated 2/10/99 10:25:39 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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<< What is the industry seeing from their equipment manufacturers in reference
to
Y2K fixes on pretty recent machinery (less than 3 yrs old) i am curious as
to
see how many people are getting stiffed from fixes proposed by the equipment
manufacturers and if some are charging much more than other and if some are
even
charging others at all......I think you all get my drift. I'd appreciate a
response.
Jason Smith
Process Materials Engineer
Lexmark Electronics >>
Hi Jason,
The only thing that I don't have compliant is our pick and place
machines, but it'll only affect the dates in the production background
management data (the dates that jobs are run, etc.). Zevatech says that they,
along with JUKI, are working on a solution...but it really won't affect me
anyway, rarely do I have a need to use the data...I can keep track of our jobs
on my fingers...(but with my math skills I better look into gettin' that fixed
huh?) The only time I really do use it is to get a snapshot of machine
performance to see that everything is okie-dokie. My reflow oven control
computer is a HP Vectra and most name brand PC's have a WEB page that have all
the resources you need to make the 'pooters compliant...in fact I'm gonna surf
there after this email. But the vendors that are making you PAY for it seems a
little cheesy to me! Hmmmmm...
To lighten the situation up about Y2K, here's a couple of things ya'll
might get a chuckle or two from:
The Top 10 Unforeseen Consequences of the "Millennium Bug"
10. IRS demands a hundred years of interest from stunned taxpayers.
9. "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" song gets stuck in infinite loop.
8. At the stroke of midnight, Windows 99 turns back into DOS 1.0, the Pentium
V turns back into an
8088, and the Handsome User is left holding a beautiful glass mouse.
7. Bob Dole's age erroneously listed with only 2 digits.
6. Sales of Coca Cola jumps drastically after original cocaine-laden formula
becomes legal again.
5. Software engineers point out that since computers think it's almost 1900,
we technically have to
"party like it's 1899," which, frankly, doesn't seem like much fun.
4. Jesus shows up late for His second coming, blames it on COBOL programmers.
3. First Top 5 List of the year? "Reasons No One Would Ever Assassinate
President McKinley"
2. Using a computerized adoption service, Michael Jackson mistakenly takes
home some octogenarians.
1. Unexpected demand for COBOL programmers results in severe understaffing of
fast-food
restaurants.
I wonder how Y2K might affect our paychecks? I'm thinking maybe it won't be
such a bad deal if the
payroll computers aren't Y2K compliant. Here's one notice that I sure wouldn't
mind getting:
To: (Put your name here) 1 January, 2000
From: Payroll Department
Re: Vacation Pay
Dear Valued Employee:
Our records indicate that you have not used any vacation time over
the past 100 year(s). As I'm sure you are aware, employees are granted
3 weeks of paid leave per year or pay in lieu of time off. One additional
week is granted for every 5 years of service. Please either take 9,400
days off work or notify our office and your next pay check will reflect
payment of $8,277,432.22 which will include all pay and interest for the
past 1,200 months.
Sincerely,
Automated Payroll Processing
-Steve Gregory-
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