Re: Y2K Customer nuts?

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 01:44 PM 12/2/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a customer who has just told me that they cannot afford the $500K it
>will take to upgrade all of their software/hardware (AS/400, PC's, Retail
>store Cash registers, store controllers, etc.).
>
>They want to know if they can just set the date back on their /400.  The
>controller knows of people who are going to do this.  They want me to test
>this on another 400.
>
>I can do this, just wondering if anyone has any serious reason why you can't
>do this?
>
>I know things like reports will show wrong dates, etc.  But they don't seem
>to bother the customer.  I think they are crazy.  What do you think?
>
See this link.

http://www.softmall.ibm.com/as400/year2000/y2sysdat.html

Al






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