Re: OS Y2K Compiant

[Vernon Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:21 PM 2/5/1998 -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.

We've recently purchased a product called SIMDATE, which lets you make a
job think it's running under a different system, without changing the
actual one. Get information at The Firstech Corporation in the United
States at 213-658-1146 or at <http://www.simdate.com> . Works for us!

HTH

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55401-2499
(612) 371-1111 x480


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