Re: Y3K or not to Y3K

[boothm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

"Evilness"?  No, not evilness.  And no, I wasn't trolling.   This client 
just bought a new AS/400 and installed his Sys/36 software on it in the 
M36 virtual machine with SSP.   He gets very evasive when I mention 
migrating to native AS/400.  His setup has been running with almost no 
changes for 15 years, and he has no desire to change now.  The software is 
particularly robust and not at all brittle;  I have to admit I admire the 
programs that were written for him in the 1980s.  The stuff works and on 
the new AS/400 this system absolutely flies.

I am fighting a battle in  my mind of my responsibility to the client.  He 
wants durable software, cheap, with no great changes in his set up.  So, 
do I match into his existing stuff, or "force" him to the 21st century 
against his will?
_______________________
Booth Martin
boothm@earth.goddard.edu
http://www.spy.net/~booth
_______________________




"Eric N. Wilson" <doulos1@home.com>
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02/06/2000 07:42 PM
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Booth,

I must assume that you just wanted to stir the pot. How anyone could
conceivably not use date/time/timestamp data types is beyond me! I would 
say
that it borders on evilness :-)

Sincerely
Eric
______________________________________________
Eric N. Wilson
President
Doulos Software & Computer Services
2913 N Alder St.
Tacoma WA 9840


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