In article <[log in to unmask]>, Mike Shumko
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>
>This year three new pieces of software were created for the HP 3000 as a
>result of users needing to test application programs for year 2000
>compatibility. These software tools allow you to set the date in a
>localized manner, for a program or a session, without changing the
>system date or rebooting the system.
>
>The three products are HourGlass 2000 from Allegro Consultants, Time
>Machine from SolutionSoft Systems, and SETDATE from Hewlett-Packard.
>
>Robelle products employ very tight integrity checking which verifies,
>among other things, that the system date appears to be correct.  Our
>products ran fine with HourGlass 2000, but would not run with SETDATE
>and Time Machine.

So are you saying that your product was not fooled by SETDATE and Time
Machine, and you have now arranged things so that it is?

If so, shouldn't *they* be the ones doing the rearranging? If SUPRTOOL
isn't fooled, what guarantee is there that these products truly simulate
the environment for all those Y2K-critical production apps?
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