Re: Y2K problems - Armageddon or Much Ado about Nothing?

[cmassoglia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Charles L. Massoglia)]

The problem is not just the software on the AS/400.  There are a variety of
packages available and some vendors are willing to provide a fixed price bid
based on the number of lines of code.  The problem is also embedded systems.

I did a seminar a while back during which one of the attendees said his
company had completely fixed all of their code.  They came in one weekend to
test and set all clocks ahead.  Everything worked fine until they went out
on break.  They could not get back in the building because the security
system said their pass cards were expired.

Another study I saw indicated that some 40% of all bios dated 1997 failed
Y2K tests.

It's not just your AS/400, it's anything that can keep track of time.  If
all you do is fix your AS/400 code, you are doing your companies a disservice.

>
>
>The UK press, both popular newspapers and technical magazines, publish
>ever more hysterical articles about the Y2K problem, yet it is not the
>most frequent topic in this group. Some articles refer as much to
>American as much as UK hysteria.
>
>Assuming that the members of this mailing list represent typical AS/400
>sites, is this apparent lack of interest because -
>
>1.  Our systems have, from the beginning, anticipated the problem?  This
>should be the answer!
>
>2.  All the necessary work has been done in our installations and we
>have moved on to more interesting problems?
>
>3.  We are working flat out to solve the problems and have not got spare
>time to post messages
>about it?
>
>Is anyone prepared to admit that they still have a serious problem?
>
>Just curious!
>
>Rob Dixon
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Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
517-676-9700  Fax: 517-676-1006  EMAIL: cmassoglia@voyager.net


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