RE: Y2K Customer nuts?

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <art@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

They will have to have EVERYTHING show wrong dates.  They can't just do a
Y2k software modification because the previous staff had COMPLETELY
clobbered any Xref of Source to PGM object, Source to LF, PF, etc.

It is a mess, definitely.

Interesting point about not wanting to pay their invoices with the wrong
dates.


Art Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Parlin, NJ  08859


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Eric DeLong
> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 3:39 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Y2K Customer nuts?
>
>
>
>      They're crazy, but it's their business if they want to go out of
>      business. Why would they expect anyone to continue business with
>      them if all their invoices come backdated 18 years (or
> whatever the
>      rollback date thing is). I wouldn't pay an invoice if it didn't
>      have the right date. To me, to skimp on something as
> important as
>      this is sheer suicide.
>
>      eric.delong@pmsi-services.com
>
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator
> _________________________________
> Subject: Y2K Customer nuts?
> Author:  <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > at INET_WACO
> Date:    12/2/98 1:44 PM
>
>
> 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?
>
> Art Tostaine, Jr.
> CCA, Inc.
> Parlin, NJ  08859
>
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