Re: Looking for ammo

["James W. Kilgore" <qappdsn@xxxxxxx>]

Lance Van Winter wrote:

>         My boss feels the year 2000 thing is nothing but hype.  He feels it
> is nothing more than an issue of a two character field becoming a four
> character field.  I would like to hear from you all some details, examples,
> etc... of just how complex and serious this issue is.
>
>         P.S. - the "boss" happens to be my dad so do not rag on him too much!
>
>

Yes there is a lot of hype but the issue is not JUST hype.

How proactive vs reactive is he?  It's boring to have a well defined plan.
Stamping out fires is a lot more exciting. ;-)

It will still take some man/computer hours to solve the problem.  Take an
inventory of the applications and ask yourself if you can be ready by spending
one day per week for the next two years.  If not, try two days, three days a
week.  Without the impact study you'll just be guessing and can you afford to be
wrong.

As an experiment, turn off your computer for a week.  Did it impact the way you
do business?  Did the company lose money?  The same might occur if your order
entry application suddenly decides that all customers are delinquent and credit
holds all incoming sales orders and the shipping department/warehouse are
standing around with nothing to do.

But then again, that's just another adrenaline inducing fire.  The joys of
battle! ;-)

Happy holidays.


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