RE: OS Y2K Compiant

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tell them if they think 1998 + 3 (or 5) is < 2000 then they don't need
to upgrade their OS level.
Sad thing is, some morons will probably say the above is true !   :-)



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vernon Hamberg [SMTP:hambergv@goldengate.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 9:30 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: OS Y2K Compiant
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
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