Re: OS Y2K Compiant

[Carl Galgano <cgalgano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

None of the OS you listed are y2k compliant.  They may not have the AS400s
in 3-5 years, but they may not have their business in less than two years.
Carl

At 11:21 PM 2/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>I've been contracted by a customer to be their Y2K consultant.  In doing
>the analysis
>of their software & systems in general, I have told them they need to
>upgrade the OS
>(1 machine V2R3, 2 machines V3R0M5, 1 machine V3R1).  The company is balking 
>against this upgrade, giving the reasoning that the 400's are going away in
>3-5 years.
>
>What reasonings can I use to get this company to upgrade the OS?  Was I
>correct in 
>telling them that these OS's are not Y2K compliant?  Will the company be
>burned if
>they stay on these OS's thru Y2K?
>
>Any comments are appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>--
>Steven Sharpe
>Sharpe Consulting --  ssharpe@accucomm.net  -- (912)929-0207
>
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