At 10:51 AM 98/10/07 +0100, Roy Brown wrote:
snip...
>Well, if you have COGNOS Powerhouse 8.19, the 'Y2k-friendly' version,
>you will find it has expired.
>Makes you wonder what they thought people were going to *do* with this
>version :-)

When Cognos ships Powerhouse 8.19, they do so with a TEMPORARY license key
- which they are obliged to enter in order to render the product useable.

The customer is also instructed to fax to Cognos information specific to
their CPU, etc. - after which Cognos will fax back a PERMANENT license key,
which in fact does make it fully y2k-compliant (according to Cognos).

Perhaps the failure to apply the PERMANENT license key explains the
expiring 8.19.

Why the Cognos customer is forced to deal with this is another matter.
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