RE: IS THIS TRUE??????

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

Ruth 
this note must  be pre COMMON San Antonio [10/97]
Wonders of the internet.

Continued good luck to You & continue to encourage
 folks to move  forward today. 

Glenn
PS: I see your installs are keeping pace  with the  best of them.
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Glenn Ericson,          Phoenix Consulting                      
P O Box 701164   East Elmhurst NY 11370-3164 USA                            
Phone 718 898 9805       Fax 718 446 1150
AS/400 & Year 2000- - Solutions Specialists
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>
>Glenn Ericson wrote:
>
>>How is the Focus /2000 product doing?
>>I am  sure it  works  beyond BPCS
>
>>I get a bit concerned over the 26 day start to finish Conair type
>>story as it seems to have created a false sense of security
>>among those that have to take action on Y2K  but dread
>>the thoughts.  Such  successes  seem to support those
>>who might blindly want to follow procrastination.
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Ruth Clark wrote:
>
>Hi Glenn.  Focus/2000 is doing very well, thanks.  We now have over 150 
>licensed sites and dozens of them are live with their Y2K-enabled code. 
> We've had successes in North America, Latin America, Europe, Pacific Rim, 
>etc. etc.
>
>And you're right, it does work beyond BPCS.  Our clients have typical BPCS 
>environments: base BPCS, modified BPCS, home-grown programs, and other
vendor 
>software.  Focus/2000 converts it all.
>
>You have a very valid concern there about people thinking they can wait
until 
>the last minute to convert their software, since Focus/2000 is so fast.  I'm 
>sure we will see people coming to us and to other Y2K vendors deep into 1999 
>or even in the year 2000.  However, we're trying to encourage people to get 
>their own environments converted and tested FIRST so that they can then make 
>sure that all the links in their supply chain (suppliers AND major
customers) 
>will be compliant in time, too.
>
>This is a case where higher-level management involvement is important.  That 
>is, company management needs to demand a detailed Y2K compliance plan from 
>IT.  Since the health and welfare of the company is at stake, it's not
enough 
>to get by on hopes and unfounded promises.  Companies need to do the
research 
>so that they know exactly how bad off their systems are and exactly what
will 
>be required (time and money) to remedy the situation.
>
>(I know, the air is thinner way up here on this soapbox)
>
>Ruth Clark
>Nexgen Software Technologies
>
>
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