Re: Y2K Blues

[nina jones <ddi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> This is my last day in the office before Y2K.
> 
> Will I open my inbox in Y2K to find lots of stories of AS400 doom and
> gloom,
> 
> or will it be all quiet on the Y2K front?
> 
> My personal view is that most people will have caught their problems

well, i think most major industries have, for the most part.  they have
mis people on staff, and they understand what's at stake.  but there
will be spotty problems that should be dealt with. but after all, we
live every day with imperfect software.  well, at least some of us.

the people that will be hurting i suspect, are small companies, that
really don't understand the total implication of what's required.  

several months ago i was at a business that had a p/c network, running
dos software.  i asked if they were y2k compliant, and their answer was
they installed the y2k compliant 'netware'.  i asked if they'd checked
into their application software, and they looked at me funny.

or the guy that sells us our forms, just a month or so ago, he mentioned
that he was going to upgrade his p/c from windows 3.1 so he'd be y2k
compliant.

or folks that get a bios tester, and think if that checks out, they have
it made.

nj
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