[ProgSoc] ITD Y2K Compliance Programme

["Dez Saunders ph 9514-2118" <dez@nospam.mcs.uts.edu.au>]

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>From: David Pole <davep@nospam.milliways.itd.uts.edu.au>
>Subject: ITD Y2K Compliance Programme
>To: dez@nospam.mcs.uts.edu.au
>Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 17:05:17 +1100 (EST)
>
>University of Technology, Sydney
>Information Technology Division
>Academic Computing Services
>
>
>
>ITD Y2K COMPLIANCE PROGRAMME
>
>This memo is to announce the development of a new software system which
>will be Year 2000 compliant.  This program is known as "Millennium Year
>Application Software System" (MYASS).
>
>Next Monday there will be a meeting in which I will show MYASS to everyone.
>We will hold demonstrations throughout the month so that all employees will
>have an opportunity to get a good look at MYASS. We have not addressed
>networking aspects yet, so currently only one person at a time can use
>MYASS.  This restriction will be removed after MYASS expands. Some
>employees have begun using the program already.  This morning I walked into
>a subordinate's office and was not surprised to find that he had his nose
>buried in MYASS.
>
>Some of the less technical people may be somewhat afraid of MYASS. Last
>week my secretary said to me, "I'm a little nervous, I never put anything
>in MYASS before."  I helped her through the first time and afterward she
>admitted that it was relatively painless and she was actually looking
>forward to doing it again, and was even ready to kiss MYASS.
>
>There have been concerns over the virus that was found in MYASS upon
>initial installation, but the virus has been eliminated and we were able to
>save MYASS.  In the future, however, protection will be required prior to
>entering MYASS.
>
>This database will encompass all information associated with the business.
>As you begin using the program, feel free to put anything
>you want in MYASS.
>
>As MYASS grows larger, we envision a time when it will be commonplace for a
>supervisor to hand work to an employee and say, "here,
>stick this in MYASS."
>
>It will be a great day when we need data quickly and our employees can
>respond, "Here it is, I just pulled it out of MYASS."
>
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