jhild: Thanks for the URL of the tester's email.
Quoting from the email: "As far as functionality goes, the program did a fine job of identifying non yr2k compliant software items."
I've been assuming since I first heard about this package that it only identifies software packages and determines whether or not they are Y2K compliant. However, the comment above mentions "software items", which to a techie like me means more than just software products. It would include the source for spreadsheets, data base programs, etc.
However, farther down into the text of the email, the author states the following:
"What Winlennium is designed to do is:
1. Identify software with year 2k complaince issues.
2. Use the web to locate the proper 2k patch provided by the respective software manufacturers for the product."
which seems to indicate that only software products are supported, which in turn means the user written spreadsheet source would still be at risk of being non Y2K compliant.
So, I'm still at a loss as to the "robustness" of the product. Does it or doesn't it look at the user source?
Also, why hasn't there been an independent evaluation of the product yet? I don't mean a paid evaluation by Internet FX Design, but a truely independent source? Wasn't that the original purpose of the download'able demo software? To give prospective shareholders a chance to see what they're buying when they buy CSHK stock?
Sorry, jhild. I don't mean for you to have to answer these questions. I'm just sharing my mental questions with the thread.
Perhaps they've already been answered in the 800+ posts since last Friday when I stopped in to ask my favorite question.
Regards,
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