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Testimonials from the field:
Thanks to Norma for coming out of the closet <ggg>
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Talk : Year 2000 : Alydaar: Year 2000 (Y2K) Remediation; Audit; Reengineering
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To: Jack McKibben (8012 )
From: Norma Wednesday, Oct 7 1998 10:47AM ET
Reply # of 8058
Jack,
I can't answer most of your questions, but I can tell you about Alydaar. I am the Year 2000 Project Manager for a large company, and I sent ALL our computer code to ALYD for remediation. I am not allowed to name my company or discuss terms of my contract with Alydaar. However, since I recently sent ALYD the last (big) check, I feel I can come out of the closet to a certain extent. If my company fires me for posting, I guess I will be forced to go work as a contract COBOL programmer making twice what I make now. LOL!
My team is currently in the final stages of testing, therefore I can't swear everything is fine yet, but so far, so good. I have no doubt we will meet our December 31, 1998, deadline for complete Y2K compliancy.
My company sent me to Charlotte to visit Alydaar and report back to them. Alydaar is a large complex with great security. They had the honchos each give me a presentation, but they also allowed me the freedom to interview programmers at random, etc. My overall impression of the Alydaar staff is that they are VERY hard working honest people. They will get an incredible amount of business as soon as the idiots running companies and government agencies wake up and realize they have a problem that MUST be addressed! ANY decision maker from a company or agency who visited Charlotte for the demos, tours, and random interviews with programmers would sign a contract on the spot! When you tell a techie about ALYD, the first thing they do is laugh and say it can't be done. I know, that is how I reacted when I first read about it. Now I know it CAN be done and, furthermore, will probably be done BETTER than tired, overworked programmers would do it on site!
Alydaar has the added advantage that it is now TOO LATE for any sizable amount of computer code to be changed manually and still meet the deadline.
Jack, I know the market stinks big time, but surely the institutions will come to their senses and put money in a business that is about to explode.
Norma
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Talk : Year 2000 : Alydaar: Year 2000 (Y2K) Remediation; Audit; Reengineering
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To: solution (8010 )
From: Norma Wednesday, Oct 7 1998 9:32AM ET
Reply # of 8058
Hmmmmmm... In my opinion, ALYD's factory solution is one of the FEW options available to companies/government entities that can actually ensure Y2K compliancy within the next 15 months.
I still believe all Y2K companies will have all the work they can handle during the ensuing crisis. However, there is a big difference between being inundated with work and actually delivering the expected results. Alydaar delivers. In my opinion, ALYD will be able to name their price as the next year progresses.
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