RE: 9/9/99

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

At 08:05 AM 9/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Buck, I would tend to agree.  Unfortunately some of our department
>representatives bought into this urban legend and insisted we test this date
>as part of our functional area tests.  Nothing ever failed, obviously, for
>the reasons you stated.  I hope the paranoid ones out there don't work
>themselves into too much of a frenzy over this date.
>Terry Richardson
>Sr. P/A
>The Orvis Company, Inc.
>802-362-8663
>
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During  an IV & V  Audit we did for a  worldwide Corporation, 
earlier this year  several iterations of 999999 were found
both in the source code and  data in files.

Now the  code was from a major application  provider and 
made Y2K  ready/compliant via a windowing technique by
the application provider. The  client had  run tests and  
forward dated into 2000  also.  

For  what it is worth - this is more a quality assurance[Q A]
issue then Y2K.  They just happen very near the same time. 

Unless you  check  for  the existence and how the Y2K changes
affect the presences and uses of 999999 - anything immediate
or latent can happen.
To  quote  a  Y2K Project manager  - "Know thy Data"

AFTER  that big speel- I am sure, publicly, it  will be another non event


Regards,

Glenn
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