Re: Y2K Customer nuts?

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

At 08:30 PM 12/2/98 -0600, 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?
>
>it sounds sad to me.  1/2 million is a lot of money!  but how do you
measure that
>against the cost of how bad they'll look to their customers by telling
them their
>dates are wrong because they wouldn't/couldn't convert to the y2k properly!
>
>nj
>

Quietly Sell the Business while it is still there


Glenn
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