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Technology Stocks : 2000 Date-Change Problem: Scam, Hype, Hoax, Fraud
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To: Jeff Redman who wrote (511)2/23/1998 9:35:00 PM
From: David Eddy   of 1361
 
Jeff -

Our turnover rate is around 7%?

This is very low. When a shop has a solid cast of developers & managers who actually know the systems, then all sorts of tasks become less formidable.

subroutine

Obviously a date subroutine is no great magic. The hard part is using it consistently in all places where date fiddles are happening. As you know (but these remarks are for the lurkers) since your shop has done the right thing with that subroutine, finding places where dates are manipulated becomes several orders of magnitude less complex. When you only have one thing (that subroutine) to look for, your Y2K job is far easier than my local bank (in top 20 nationally) that openly states they found some 50+ "standard" date routines in their systems.

It's my belief & experience that my bank is far more typical than your shop.

You guys clearly belong in the exemplary class, well out on the right hand side of the bell curve Trust me... you don't have a lot of company.

Have you heard of the SEI CMM? (Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model) Regardless, I'd be willing to bet that your shop "simply" practices those good habits (repeatable, measured software development processes) that the CMM advocates.

- David
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