On Mon, 08 Nov 1999 16:51:05 +0100, Erik Mouw wrote: Sorry, that Ctrl-S was meant for XEmacs... > On Mon, 08 Nov 1999 11:52:54 -0500, Marc wrote: >> >> Thanks for the reply Erik... >> >> Unfortunately, my employer DOES believe in the Y2K FUD. They >> want to remove ANY software that has not been deemed Y2K compliant >> even if it isn't mission critical in and of itself. They believe >> that any application like this could cause systems to crash or >> cause other applications to malfunction. > > You mean that the people responsible for Y2K testing in your company don't > know what the Y2K problem really is? > > Now if you just promise them that you won't OK, what I wanted to say: Now if you just promise them that you don't use Gimp on december 31, nothing can go wrong. What happens if they remove Gimp&friends. The Y2K will pass, and then? Are you allowed to re-install the software on 01-jan-2000? This is of course exactly the same as promising that you won't use Gimp. If your Y2K team accepts this last one, they are really clueless. >> On your other note, yes, I could do the Y2K testing myself, but the > > No. If your company is really serious about Y2K, the Y2K test team should > do the audit because that's their job. If they don't know how to do that, > then the wrong people are set on that job. > >> process we have in place for testing and entering it into our >> Y2K compliant database is extremely time consuming. Of course it >> is... why would you expect them to use common sense with that aspect >> of it if they aren't using it in deciding which apps are and are not >> Y2K compliant. I was just hoping for some "golden" statement I can >> use to fight my cause or a web page like the one at: >> >> http://www.rru.com/~meo/gimp/y2k.html for the gimp itself. >> >> I know it's ridiculous that they will accept pages like this >> as proof, but will not just take my word for it. Anyone can >> put up a web page. Yes, it is quite ridiculous. I suppose >> I can put up a page saying that I checked everything and it >> looks compliant to me. They may accept that, but if they >> found out that I was the author who knows what they'd do. :-) Hey, I can put up a page for your company ;-). Erik -- J.A.K. (Erik) Mouw, Information and Communication Theory Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology and Systems, Delft University of Technology, PO BOX 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands Phone: +31-15-2785859 Fax: +31-15-2781843 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www-ict.its.tudelft.nl/~erik/ -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
