Re: [WinMac] The Pulpit

Jason M. Collins(jmc01[at]comp.uark.edu)
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 10:10:22 -0600 (CST)

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On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, John W. McCarthy wrote:

>
> To the list:
>
> Not to be negative, but an article on Y2k and Windows NT came past me
> which I thought might be of interest to some of you . . . of course
> "The Pulpit" maybe is being melodramatic . . . but
>
> . . . think about it. How many out there in the corporate IS are as
> capable as the people on this list . . . there are plenty of smart
> people out there, but not all. Problems take time to overcome. The
> longer Microsoft waits to get the ultimate fix out the later all of you
> will have to deal with it and the less time to fix the bugs. And there
> are some who will not even bother until the last minute. Time will tell
> if there really is a problem.
>
> For me, I think it would be better to deploy Windows 2000 tomorrow and
> start dealing with the bug reports NOW.
>
> Or, just fix what is there right now (SP4 or SP5) and don't even think
> about Windows 2000 until sometime in 2001.
>
> Has anyone out there actually moved the clock forward on their server to
> "see" what would happen?
>
> Who wants to do the first test? Any volunteers.
>
> Pat Kelly McCarthy
>
>
> <http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit19990311.html>
>
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