Re: Question: How will the Year 2000 bug impact your work?

Ray Porter wrote: > >My point is > that the work required to fix it isn't technically difficult, just > boring and time consuming. We have over 3 years to get it straightened > out. There is absolutely no need for all the panic that some managers > seem to be experiencing. That is an interesting point, but is it correct? Has anyone ever used software that calculates a future value for something? Like financial software?? What happens if you try to calculate a value past the year 2000?? Also, what happens if YOUR suppliers don't become Date 2000 compliant?? Will your business survive if you can't use your EDI links. Simpler still, what if the supplier of your core products can no longer find your order in their system because it was put entered in 1999 and now the system thinks it was put in with a date 99 years into the future?? Colin Thompson Colin_Thompson@perth.ccmail.compuserve.com