Hi all,

In finishing up the planning stages of our Y2K remediation project (I've
got 10 days left; that's eans in programmer time), I came across the
following while seeking a necessary tidbit of ancient MPE/V wisdom:

     The big problem is that almost all user programs rely on 6-digit
     dates. It's not just that the HP can't handle the 21st century;
     chances are that your payroll, accounts payable, general ledger --
     all your programs will believe that something done on 01/01/00
     was long before 12/31/99. That is the thing people should start
     worrying about soon.

     The good news, of course, is that things aren't pressing just
     yet. It's unlikely that the 3000 line will survive into the
     21st century, and the few of you who might have one stashed in
     your attic will be laughed at for using "those old dinosaurs
     that couldn't even talk." The designers of the 3000 are
     probably not too worried about this problem right now.

The book I found this in requires me to add the following in order to use
the above excerpt:

    Reprinted from _Thoughts and Discourses on HP 3000 Software_
    by VESOFT.

-- Bruce


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