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To: Larry Voyles who wrote (22562)	8/21/1998 10:55:00 PM
From: Bill Wexler	Respond to of 31646

<<Is there a simple solution that doesn't involve outsourcing?>> Yes, use a Matridigm magic code conversion "factory"...failing that, you'll have to call in FBN.

To: Larry Voyles who wrote (22562)	8/22/1998 2:46:00 AM
From: Olu Emuleomo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

That still leaves a bunch of code (like my 250,000 lines) that somebody is going to have to eyeball, not to mention the supporting databases and inter-system dependencies. We also have to test (and repair) the supposedly-remediated code that the specialty firms have sent back to us. Rarely is it 100% perfect. It's that final 1% that seems to take two-thirds of the effort. It's not a real brain-racking process, but it does take time and effort to make it happen. Larry, Your argument makes a case for a company like KEA and not TAVA. --Olu E.

To: Larry Voyles who wrote (22562)	8/22/1998 1:40:00 PM
From: Kevin Podsiadlik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

In many, many cases, these systems are currently exchanging 2-byte years in the data. Two bytes? I hope that's just a confusion of terminology. I'd hate to think your company is going through all that because no one realizes one byte can hold two digits.

To: Larry Voyles who wrote (22562)	8/22/1998 8:29:00 PM
From: Charliss	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31646

Dear Thread: As a matter of possible interest, it is my understanding that KEANE is now distributing an intra-company memo which states that TAVA will be handling the non-IT (embedded) Y2K work for those KEANE clients for whom this is an issue. I don't know the exact details of this relationship. This information came to me directly from inside KEANE. Surely, KEANE is another respected company which knows scam from non-scam....as do those of us who are TAVA longs. Best, Charliss