Quote-IEEE Y2K chair (.3)

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""--- If an organization goes off half-cocked, without complete, detailed knowledge of how its 'system of sytems' works altogether in all normal and possible abnormal situations, as the vast majority of remediators have done, yet make wholesale changes as if it did have that knowledge, they are doomed to failure, unless it had many more years than the three or four most organizations have been at it. (Some agencies of the U.S. government were not being fallacious when they first said they would be ready as late as 2014. They were just being honest. Of course, that "politically unacceptable" response was quickly Squelched.) It would have been better for the whole world if this could be admitted. Then non-technical planning would have the urgency at all levels of society it deserves. But technical management and the Y2Klatura collectively do not have the brains or the guts to do that DEFINITIVELY. We will hew to our baseless confidence or pussyfoot around the obvious until the end. COLLECTIVELY WE ARE GOING TO DRIVE THE SHIP RIGHT INTO THE ICEBERG AND NOT SAY ANYTHING UNTIL THE SCEAMING STARTS AND THEN CLAIM WE DID ALL WE COULD TO MAKE EVERYTHING COMPLIANT. We-will-burn-in-HELL.--""

-- d----- (dciinc@aol.com), December 01, 1999

Answers

Link, please.

Did he really say this????? If so, this should also be one of those major news items. He's been much less alarmist in his other statements.

-- Duke 1983 (Duke1983@AOL.com), December 01, 1999.


Rather old news (in Y2k news time). These comments were made by Dale Way, and were discussed here ad nauseum. Someone else can link to the original statement, and the discussion which ensued...

-- Steve (hartsman@ticon.net), December 01, 1999.

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