Re: The Great Year-2000 Hoax!

nb@ugcs.caltech.edu (Nathan Bradshaw) wrote: >> >>The LA Times today had a front page article about the IRS and Year 2000. >>By the IRSs own estimate, it will take -1800 man years- just to get one >>of their four modules Year 2000 ready. That's 1800 people working for >>an entire year... > >If I were a highly-paid consultant for the IRS, I'd tell 'em to run Oracle >(or any other mainstream database) on UNIX servers and make the whole >shebang hook up to the web. Given that the IRS has unlimited funding, it >should be possible, no? > >Personally, I'd say that the IRS has no idea how long it's going to take >and that they made everything up because they were put on the spot. It doesn't matter; THERE IS NO FUNDING FOR Y2000 ISSUES IN THIS YEAR'S FEDERAL BUDGET (especially the IRS'). -JJ Jeffrey Jacobs & Associates Oracle Designer/2000 Consulting & Training 951-2 Old Country Road, Suite 119, Belmont, CA 94002 Voice: 415-571-7092, FAX: 800-665-1379 CompuServe: 76702,456 Internet: 76702.456@compuserve.com