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December 1997, Week 1

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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 4 Dec 1997 12:16:16 -0800
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Roy asks:

...
> >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?

Good observation, Roy!

<plug>

HourGlass is the *only* Y2K tool that intercepts all date/time requests.

</plug>

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Stan Sieler                                          [log in to unmask]
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