Michael Hensley wrote:

>is almost immeasurably low.  After 2000 arrives you can use HourGlass
>system-wide, so that FlexiBase will get a date earlier than it's
expiration
>date, and the rest of your applications will get the actual system date.
>
>With HourGlass, you can test year-2000 compliance now, and continue to run
>your "expired" applications after the year 2000 arrives.

Hmmmmmm.  Does this seem to be slightly unethical (possibly illegal) to 
anyone else?  I don't know for sure, but it seems to me that if you have 
licensed software for a specific time period, with a specific expiration 
date, then it's tough cookies when that date arrives and the software 
expires, even if the company is out of business and/or no longer 
supporting the software.  After all, the terms and conditions of the use 
of the software are spelled out in the license agreement, so you really 
have no one to blame but yourself if you get bit by this.

Just my $.02 worth. 

Jim Phillips                            Manager of Information Systems
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