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Post #83,730
by inthane-chan
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2/24/03 11:25:19 AM
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New Something I'm curious about...
some of my clients weren't fixed in time and learned firsthand how serious the problem could have been
(Re: Y2k issues)

I'd be interested in hearing what kinds of troubles they experienced - with an "all names changed to protect the guilty^h^h^h^h^h^hinnocent" clause, of course.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
Post #83,743
by Andrew Grygus
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2/24/03 11:57:30 AM
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New Two client's were not fixed in time because . .
. . their software vendors didn't get their fixes debugged in time. Both vendors had tried to combine the Y2K fixes with other stuff, and got behind on the release.

One, an auto mechanic shop specializing in Land Rover and BMWs, lost all customer service records for January and half of February 2000 because the database couldn't store them in a retreivable manner. I had updated his machine from Xenix (not Y2K compliant) to Caldera Linux in time, but he had to run the old software on it until mid February.

Another client, who refurbs and resells Nortel telephone equipment, had similar problems with his networked accounitng system. Reports were badly out of order and pretty meaningless until the fixed version was done (mid January). Fortunately, he didn't lose data and his reports were good after the fix. This was a DOS network system running with a Samba server.

The accouning system we used in-house simply prevented all access as of 1 Jan 2000. It had to be given a false date even to let you in to review old data, and could post no transactions beyond 12-30-99. Fixes were available in October but I did not install them because I was moving to a different system.
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     OK, this got waaaaay out of hand. - (Andrew Grygus) - (86) - Feb. 23, 2003, 10:11:39 PM EST
         dunno if I'd trust that scary lookin guy in the tie - (boxley) - (4) - Feb. 23, 2003, 10:15:57 PM EST
             Doesn't everyone have an Evil Twin? -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Feb. 23, 2003, 10:30:52 PM EST
                 No, I *am* my Evil Twin! ;-) -NT - (n3jja) - (1) - Feb. 23, 2003, 10:39:37 PM EST
                     That's what my Evil Twin accuses ME of -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 23, 2003, 11:02:31 PM EST
                 My Evil Twin is named Kevin. - (orion) - Feb. 23, 2003, 11:27:26 PM EST
         I think you are right on in many areas - (orion) - Feb. 23, 2003, 11:38:58 PM EST
         A Tour de Force {ugh} - (Ashton) - Feb. 24, 2003, 04:59:14 AM EST
         Haven't had time to finish much of it yet but... - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 24, 2003, 10:53:34 PM EST
         Edits - (drewk) - (5) - Feb. 24, 2003, 11:32:11 AM EST
             saw another one - (SpiceWare) - (2) - Feb. 24, 2003, 09:46:03 AM EST
                 Some more... - (Another Scott) - Feb. 24, 2003, 10:08:24 AM EST
                 Yeah - should be Pope Johns Pizza - (tuberculosis) - Feb. 24, 2003, 06:48:20 PM EST
             Longer time deltas between updates, please. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - Feb. 24, 2003, 10:42:20 AM EST
                 Sorry - (drewk) - Feb. 24, 2003, 10:45:47 AM EST
         Andrew, if I may - (cwbrenn) - (1) - Feb. 24, 2003, 09:51:07 AM EST
             It's open for linking . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 24, 2003, 10:06:07 AM EST
         Edits - (Silverlock) - Feb. 24, 2003, 10:14:22 AM EST
         Blanket thanks for the edits. - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Feb. 24, 2003, 10:53:31 AM EST
             Content question - (drewk) - (1) - Feb. 24, 2003, 11:06:08 AM EST
                 Rewritten. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 24, 2003, 07:44:08 PM EST
         ICLRPD (one of many) - (boxley) - (3) - Feb. 24, 2003, 11:07:59 AM EST
             Don't know that you'd want to say that publicly - (drewk) - (1) - Feb. 24, 2003, 11:15:35 AM EST
                 This isn't news to them. - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 24, 2003, 11:39:51 AM EST
             Guess we're a thumb. - (inthane-chan) - Feb. 24, 2003, 11:26:23 AM EST
         Something I'm curious about... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Feb. 24, 2003, 11:25:19 AM EST
             Two client's were not fixed in time because . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 24, 2003, 11:57:30 AM EST
         More edits (other post was getting *waaaaaay* out of hand ;) - (drewk) - (1) - Feb. 24, 2003, 12:53:57 PM EST
             Dude... - (admin) - Feb. 24, 2003, 12:08:49 PM EST
         Bad link. - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Feb. 24, 2003, 12:22:52 PM EST
             Well, that's what happens when . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 24, 2003, 12:31:57 PM EST
         Yet more - (drewk) - (12) - Feb. 24, 2003, 01:30:28 PM EST
             Well, that's a good number of corrections . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (11) - Feb. 24, 2003, 01:38:43 PM EST
                 Like I said in the first post - (drewk) - (4) - Feb. 24, 2003, 02:01:46 PM EST
                     Yes, please keep it all together. - (tseliot) - (3) - Feb. 24, 2003, 02:14:43 PM EST
                         Once it got big I thought of breaking it up . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Feb. 24, 2003, 02:21:45 PM EST
                             Agree on the "single repository"; suggested Intro for others - (Ashton) - (1) - Feb. 24, 2003, 05:21:24 PM EST
                                 Send it to Kevin! - (drewk) - Feb. 25, 2003, 08:59:20 AM EST
                 One minor error in fact - (Steven A S) - (5) - Feb. 25, 2003, 03:24:00 PM EST
                     Speaking of which... TheInq story. - (Another Scott) - (4) - Feb. 25, 2003, 03:37:02 PM EST
                         Yes, I have read the German site . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Feb. 25, 2003, 04:12:18 PM EST
                             You *used to* get it all for free by clicking "Weiter>>" (1) - (CRConrad) - (2) - Feb. 25, 2003, 04:58:12 PM EST
                                 Never mind. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Feb. 25, 2003, 05:01:47 PM EST
                                     Uh... No, I'm only on the second page... Wha?!? Noooo! - (CRConrad) - Feb. 25, 2003, 04:53:36 PM EST
         couple of minor edits - (cforde) - Feb. 24, 2003, 07:34:58 PM EST
         Okay, just one more I promise - (drewk) - Feb. 25, 2003, 09:08:24 AM EST
         Well, now it's really getting out of hand. - (Andrew Grygus) - (20) - Feb. 26, 2003, 03:36:04 AM EST
             Booyah! - (drewk) - (15) - Feb. 26, 2003, 08:49:54 AM EST
                 My impression is: rejection by /. is a positive - (Andrew Grygus) - (14) - Feb. 26, 2003, 10:35:43 AM EST
                     Used to be worthwhile until fairly recently - (drewk) - (2) - Feb. 26, 2003, 10:41:58 AM EST
                         A trick for /. - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Feb. 26, 2003, 11:12:35 AM EST
                             Doesn't help much - (drewk) - Feb. 26, 2003, 11:19:59 AM EST
                     hits are coming in from slashdot.org now . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (9) - Feb. 26, 2003, 12:47:16 PM EST
                         I linked it in my sig - (drewk) - Feb. 26, 2003, 01:14:28 PM EST
                         Slashdot hits - must have been from rejectrion process. - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - Feb. 27, 2003, 10:15:54 AM EST
                             What's the Linux Today link? -NT - (drewk) - (6) - Feb. 27, 2003, 11:04:24 AM EST
                                 Here it is: - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - Feb. 27, 2003, 11:40:07 AM EST
                                     Yeah, just saw it - (drewk) - Feb. 27, 2003, 11:42:48 AM EST
                                     I like ganesh's comment #8 in the talk back -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Feb. 27, 2003, 11:57:00 AM EST
                                         Oh hey, didn't scroll down and see that, thanks -NT - (drewk) - Feb. 27, 2003, 12:02:39 PM EST
                                     Meesa think, yousa gonna be FAMOUS. - (admin) - (1) - Feb. 27, 2003, 12:06:04 PM EST
                                         Yep I agree - (jake123) - Feb. 27, 2003, 01:18:47 PM EST
                     Splooge for nerds, stuff that splatters - (deSitter) - Feb. 26, 2003, 04:16:20 PM EST
             That might be my fault :-) - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 26, 2003, 07:50:12 AM EST
             Re: Well, now it's really getting out of hand. - (deSitter) - Feb. 26, 2003, 04:21:52 PM EST
             Blame Ben - (kmself) - (1) - Feb. 26, 2003, 11:59:10 PM EST
                 Went up on Linux Today - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 27, 2003, 04:51:53 AM EST
         404s - (SpiceWare) - Feb. 27, 2003, 03:35:50 PM EST
         Need updated link. 404 - Not Found - (n3jja) - (4) - Feb. 27, 2003, 07:02:08 PM EST
             Not here either. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Feb. 27, 2003, 07:37:09 PM EST
                 fine here is $MS at work? -NT - (boxley) - Feb. 27, 2003, 07:56:28 PM EST
             Found Register retraction / apology - (n3jja) - (1) - Feb. 27, 2003, 09:46:36 PM EST
                 Oh shoot - now I'll have to dig up another story . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 27, 2003, 11:33:20 PM EST
         Oooff! I'm finally done . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (8) - March 2, 2003, 03:16:23 PM EST
             Only complaint... - (kmself) - (2) - March 2, 2003, 03:49:39 PM EST
                 OK, I finally answered that one. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - March 2, 2003, 05:46:35 PM EST
                     (and that's just surfin the high spots ;-) -NT - (Ashton) - March 3, 2003, 12:04:05 AM EST
             What Karsten said :-) -NT - (ben_tilly) - March 2, 2003, 04:09:43 PM EST
             Just in time, too. - (inthane-chan) - (3) - March 3, 2003, 12:14:23 PM EST
                 Of course - (drewk) - (2) - March 3, 2003, 12:59:13 PM EST
                     Also note... - (ben_tilly) - (1) - March 3, 2003, 07:38:28 PM EST
                         Worth reading... - (admin) - March 3, 2003, 07:40:29 PM EST
         It's on The Inquirer now. - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - March 4, 2003, 04:39:10 AM EST
             Irony would be if Infoworld picked it up. - (Silverlock) - (1) - March 4, 2003, 09:07:46 AM EST
                 Wonder if slugbug has seen it yet? -NT - (boxley) - March 4, 2003, 09:27:12 AM EST
         Bundeswehr banning MS software research flaw? - (admin) - (1) - March 4, 2003, 11:27:37 AM EST
             I will look into that more. - (Andrew Grygus) - March 4, 2003, 12:22:25 PM EST

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