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For anyone who has made a substantial investment in software, Year 2000 compliance will be an issue of considerable concern. It certainly is to us - that's why we've checked and rechecked all our internal systems (database, publishing, accounts etc.) to make certain there will be no problems. Your company may be asking its suppliers to confirm they're taking steps to ensure the products they've supplied you will not cause problems, and if that means us as a software and hardware supplier, we'd like to assure you that we're on the case.
Date information is not critical to the vast majority of scientific and technical applications. Some programs "date stamp" information using the computer's internal clock and the date settings specified by the operating system, but it is unlikely that, by the year 2000, any of us will still be using old versions of Windows, DOS, MacOS or other common operating systems that have not been updated to cope with the problem.
In the UK, the British Standards Institution has drawn up a Definition of Year 2000 Conformity Requirements for computer software (DOSC PD2000-1). We have asked the developers of all the products we sell to provide a statement and guarantee of compliance accordingly. All of them have done so. These are now listed on our web site, so you can obtain the statements you require directly. We hope the information will help you in your own Year 2000 audits, but if you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us. |
