Re: Year 2000

Roy,

In a message dated 97-09-23 02:13:43 EDT, you write:

> I absolutely love my system 36 and in fact IBM built it too well.  
>  This tank will probably still be around for another 50 years.  They 
>  thought that all of the machines would be phased out by now and 
>  everyone would have upgraded to an AS/400.  Even they admit that 
>  there are 180,000 documented machines still in use and what this 
>  means is a world of trouble for IBM when 2000 comes.

You and about 179,999 other users!  That's why IBM came out with the
Advanced/36.  However, you are incorrect that IBM will be in a world of
trouble when Y2K comes.  YOU (and your 179,999 friends) will be the ones
hurting.  IBM has absolutely NO obligation to support you, and Y2K compliance
is entirely YOUR responsibility...

IMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM (for now)

"Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier." -- Charles F.
Kettering
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