Re: OS Y2K Compiant

[Michael Pavlak <gmpavlak@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not only was that the right thing to say, but several facilities that you will
wish to take advantage of (like easy date manipulation & calculation) are 
readily
available in ILE-RPG.

Plus, if the customer has any white boxes-I beleive that these are not Y2K
certified!  IBM has (or at least had) an extesive discussion of these topics on
their web site.  I just took a client from the S/38 to a Model 500 running V3R7.
V3R7 & V3R2 allowed me to take advantage of things like the day of the week for
calculating calendar's and ILE/RPG for calculating days between dates.  I hope
this helps!

Steven Sharpe 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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