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To: Rex Dwyer who wrote (14470)	6/18/1998 9:35:00 AM
From: Hoatzin	Respond to of 17305

Rex, Most intelligent post yet by DH? Faint praise indeed! If I\|Nova does as claimed, then it is the only viable solution to the Y2k problem. No. There are many other extremely viable solutions for the Y2K problem, that remain viable, whatever the claims for I\|Nova. Most likely, the Y2k problem will require most, if not all, enterprises to re-engineer their entire software system applications. Nonsense. And as the end of 1999 gets closer, enterprises are less and less likely to take on immense tasks like "re-engineer[ing] their entire software system", especially with unproven tools from tiny companies like Veronex. Bandaids, quick fixes, windowing, bridging and other "work-arounds" will be the order of the day. I'm not saying this is a "good thing", but this is what will happen. The Y2k problem is a complete system problem which includes the hardware, firmware, operating system, I/O system, database management system and the applications. All of the pieces of the system must be repaired and integrated in order to achieve Y2k compliance. Well, fine, but as far as I can tell, Veronex addresses only the applications component. The [most?] complex task will be actually locating the original source code for all of the pieces of the system. More nonsense. Recovering lost source code is not that big a deal. I refer you to source-recovery.com Successfully managing the Y2K effort as a "project" is a far more complex task. Kevin