> Dr. Ross Moore,
>
> I am currently investigating the Y2K compliance status of software used
> here at the center and was wondering if a statement has been made about
> LATEX2HTML v98.1. Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
> Dean George
> Systems Administrator
>
>
Attached below is a repeat of a statement that I made in response to
a similar query a month ago.
All the best,
Ross Moore
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>
> I am in the process of checking our software being Y2K-ready.
>
> Do you have any statement about what versions of latex2html are
> Y2K-compliant?
>
> I understand that latex2html is not commercial software and you
> probably don't want to make a warranty about it being Y2k-ready, but
> I'd still be grateful if you can express your feelings about it.
LaTeX2HTML contains *no* executable software, per se.
It consists entirely of scripts to run other pieces of software:
Perl, LaTeX, Ghostscript, netpbm, etc.
and standard Unix utilities (e.g. cp, rm , make, ln, ... )
as well as the operating system shell.
These other pieces of software are to be obtained and installed
independent from the LaTeX2HTML scripts.
LaTeX2HTML makes no reference to dates, apart from reading the current
date from the operating system, and converting the resulting string
data to a standard form (which may result in 00 appearing in the year 2000)
This representation of the date is used for display only, and does not control
any further processing.
So LaTeX2HTML is as safe as the things that it uses.
Is this a satisfactory statement for your needs ?
All the best,
Ross Moore
