John--Courtesy of csy2k--
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Network World, March 22, p.44
"According to data compiled by Infoliant, which monitorsY2k compliance
information for more than 30,000 network applications and hardware products,
20% of that total have seen compliance status changes since the Pittsburgh
company began keeping tabs in 1997. ....In many cases, vendors are changing
status to "vendor will not test," leaving customers holding the Y2k bag.
Between November 1998 and February, Infoliant tracked more than 2,000 status
changes or other record revisions from vendors, the highest total it has seen
to date. Last month there were 316 status changes, with 122 indicating at least
the potential for previously undisclosed problems. ..."
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Oooops...Well at least buyers can be encouraged by the fact that now only 81 percent of all packaged software applications are still not compliant, compared to 88 percent two quarters ago per Gartner Group. Gartner also noted that 6 percent of installed software that has been deemed Y2K compliant has problems in newer versions. Oh well, Oooops again. |
