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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1969)	6/5/1998 6:54:00 PM
From: jwk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Microsoft admits it underestimated Y2K bug by Tim Stammers, Computing Microsoft has been caught out by its famously casual attitude to the millennium bug, with an admission that it has underestimated the amount of software testing to be done. Users have forced the industry giant to begin hurried testing of legacy products it had not previously intended to certify as Y2K compliant. These include Microsoft Mail, which the company says is still being used by "hundreds of thousands" of UK users. This month, the company will publish its plans for extra testing, which it promises will be completed to "aggressive timelines". With fewer than 400 working days to go before the date change, Microsoft's Year 2000 strategy manager Jason Matusow said: "We recognise the critical nature of the problem, and of the time constraint." Test schedule dates will not be available until the end of the month. Microsoft's action was prompted by customer feedback, Matusow said. In the case of Mail, the company had overestimated users' enthusiasm to upgrade to products such as Microsoft Exchange. Jim Moffatt, marketing manager at rival Lotus UK, said the issue would be serious for Mail users. "In major organisations, email is often the critical application. There will be a lot of people anxious to see the results of the tests," he said. A Microsoft spokeswoman said last week that the company still had no intention of testing versions of Word 5 and lower - even though it concedes there is still a lot of the software out there. webserv.vnunet.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1969)	6/6/1998 6:04:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

' Re: Cory says: "We know that rail will fail" Date: 5 Jun 1998 22:09:59 GMT From: kiyoinc@ibm.XOUT.net (cory hamasaki) Organization: HHResearch Co. Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000 References: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 On Fri, 5 Jun 1998 18:01:52, paul leblanc <pleblan9@pop3x.idt.net> wrote: > Bradley K. Sherman wrote: > > > > In article <35781DD5.62A9@pop3x.idt.net>, > > paul leblanc <pleblan9@pop3x.idt.net> wrote: > > >Donno, the government is going to collapse. Don't you have something > > >better to do at this point than nitpick? - pl > > > > At least he's not reposting hoax items to the group. > > > > --bks > > > Brad, you must be referring to the hoax item I mention (above) re: Rep. > Steven Horn's scathing indictment of the entire federal government (that > is corroborated by the GAO and OMB and Bob Bennett)? - pl No paul, he's referring to the hoax item where the Federal News Service reported on a discussion between Sen. Bennet, Thurmond, Warner, and Bingaman. Federal News Service: 04-Jun-1998 12:34 pm Title: sas-dod-info-security 2ndadd .. Sen. Bennet: "Also, we must recognize that America's railroad system is now completely computerized. When the suggestion was made that the railroads start training people to switch rails manually again so that if a car gets on the wrong track, it can be switched to the right one, it's the computer that controls that switch that fails." Sen Bennet: "It was pointed out that all of the manual switching systems in American railroads have been removed, and it is now not physically possible to switch a railroad car from one track to another without an effectively operating computer. This, too, could significantly affect the Defense Department's readiness if it doesn't get completely fixed." .. So, it's interesting that Sen. Bennet, Thurmond, Warner, and Bingaman also have to deal with butt-heads who think, no, no rail problems... or... we'll just find someone to flip the switch by hand like I saw in the old cowbow movies. cory hamasaki Butt-head <> head in butt 574 days butt-head == Likes to butt heads