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To: patrick gillis who wrote (8102)	12/30/1997 8:21:00 PM
From: TokyoMex	Respond to of 31646

Subject: Checkfree Date: Tue, Dec 30, 1997 18:40 EST From: Dewave1 Message-id: <19971230234001.SAA10009@ladder01.news.aol.com> I've been a user and investor of checkfree for 4 years. This has recently popped up on their website. Enjoy. January 1, 2000 approaches. Is it doomsday or just another day? Our goal at CheckFree is to make the year 2000 just another routine date for our leading financial products and services. We are responding to this challenge with a thorough effort to adapt our products and to help you adapt your systems for the changing century. CheckFree offers a very wide variety of software products and services to meet various financial application needs. Some of those products remain in active development and maintenance, while others have been displaced with more modern technologies and capabilities. Some of those displaced products will not be made Year 2000 compliant. However, the vast majority of CheckFree products are already or will soon be Year 2000 compliant. The few that will not be made Year 2000 compliant will have migration alternatives for our customers. As of October 1997, here's what the breakdown looks like: 25 Products are already compliant in released versions 30 Products and Services are in the process of being made compliant; 20 of which are on target to be complete by the end of 1997 10 Products will not be made compliant Year 2000 Testing Methodology While each CheckFree product has a unique certification plan for Year 2000 compliance, a common philosophy crosses each plan. Products are tested under three primary conditions: Date-related fields throughout the application must meet five properties: 1.Storage - correctly represent valid dates beyond the year 2000 and minimally to the year 2038. 2.Branching - correctly compare valid dates beyond the year 2000 and minimally to the year 2038. 3. Arithmetic - correctly calculate duration between two dates, calculate date based on starting date and duration, and calculate day of week, day within year, week within year. 4.Representation - successfully convert from one convention to another (e.g., CCYY-MM-DD to CCYY-DDD). 5. Extended semantics - completely eliminate special meanings associated with the years "99" and "00". Software product performs correctly if initiated on a minimum of 12 testable dates Software product operates correctly if system clock rolls over to a minimum of 12 testable dates The following dates were chosen to represent the minimal set to be used across all products, recognizing that each product may have its own unique need to test additional dates: 1.1/4/1999 - first business day in 1999 2.9/9/1999 - potential end-of-file indicator for compressed date of 9/9/99 3.12/1/1999 - first business day in December 1999 4.12/31/1999 - last day in 1999 5.1/1/2000 - first day in 2000; first potential for date comparison failure 6. 1/3/2000 - first business day in 2000 7.1/31/2000 - month end for first month in 2000 8.2/29/2000 - leap day in 2000 9.12/31/2000 - last day in 2000 10.1/1/2001 - first day in 2001 11.1/31/2001 - month end for first month in 2001 12.2/29/2004 - second leap day in 21st century

To: patrick gillis who wrote (8102)	12/30/1997 10:29:00 PM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Respond to of 31646

>>No one said they were not willing to read his post. As a matter of fact most people are waiting to read his replies.<< I enjoy reading Mike's posts. I have read all 12 of todays, three times! Was looking for facts to back up his assertion that TPRO is all hype. Couldn't find one. CK and DocStone have him pegged - he gets some form of emotional "reward" from negative attention. From the SYNT thread, "Gosh, I got flamed badly on the TPRO thread just expressing my honest opinion..." 207.183.153.206 If anyone was flamed, it was not Wind, it was TPRO and the thread. Asking for facts is not flaming. Asking for some indicator of credibility is not flaming. Questioning of motives for making unfounded statements is not flaming. Calling a company a lemon, a sc_m, and full of hot air, without any facts to back it up ... now that's flaming! David

To: patrick gillis who wrote (8102)	12/31/1997 12:47:00 AM
From: Captain Jack	Respond to of 31646

Patrick--- there has been too much absolute bullshit on this thread. What is spread in TPROs favor is fine, some is called research. The was no defence or offence toward Mike from me--- just the overall flaming of a non-ass kissing nature. I saw the same recently hapen to a long term long BIG holder of TPRO--- just not what we wanted to hear so he gets beat up. They tried beating me up but I still will not remain quiet. OR run away as more than one has as it is not worth it - but I have more stamina and bigger balls I guess. TPRO has not yet announced the earnings nonbelievers want to see. They have not put out news pople want to see. They have alluded to many contracts and there is no reason YET not to believe them but many will not put their money on "alluded". We are aware of pilots and CDs being sent... earnings will show if we are starting to be in the money yet--- at this time the company has not even alluded to much,,, not a problem to the believers but when anything is questioned correctly or not hell breaks lose. No one is friggin calm as even some of the believers are wanting to know why they bought this months ago and it has gone no where (unless you are a trader <gg>) when that money could have drawn more in the bank at 3%. I am calm--- TPRO has made me a nice buck. Just tired of the flaming of innocent AND maybe not innocent people that are just not a "believer". This is especially true as mgmt will make everyone a believer real soon or there will be some DISbelievers in the ranks....Too many people have more than they can afford in an inexpensive stock that shows as much potential of going down as up at this time. john