Make Sense Software, Y2K Compliance, and You

Make Sense Software Y2K Compliance

Articles of Interest

Y2K Testing Utility Links

Official Government Site

Make Sense' Offers Special Y2K Pricing

Get theY2K Java Countdown Script

Addendum: January 8th, 2001

Welcome to the true new millennium! While some may feel a little silly worrying about Y2K concerns in 2000 and ONE, it may be no laughing matter. Perhaps you limped through 2000 with a software program that only partially handled the challenges of Y2K. Or, even worse, the patchwork fix you received is really another time-bomb that will eventually go off (see below). Whatever your reasons for still having Y2K questions, we trust you will find some answers here. Please feel free to call us, Toll Free, if you still have more questions at 877-884-5397.

Addendum: January 9th, 2000

So we made it into the Y2KOh's with our electricity and water intact! While it is tempting to poke fun at the more dire Y2K predictions the Y2K problem was very real. Our sales department has already received calls from security dealers whose software was not ready, and they are, of course, not laughing. One dealer told us his software (NOT a Make Sense Software' product) billed all of his customers for 100 years! If you are in such a predicament Make Sense Software stands ready to do everything we can to help you get your business up and running as quickly as possible. Our software products, WinCSS Suite, and WinCSS 2000, are of course, Y2K compliant and we have over 18 years of experience conducting data conversions for businesses like yours. Please call us by phone Toll Free at 1-877-447-3673, or email sales for assistance.

Articles of Interest return to top

Make Sense Software provides these articles purely for informational purposes. Make Sense Software by providing links to these articles is by no means vouching for the accuracy of these works, nor do they necessarily reflect the views of Make Sense Software. Legal Notices

Clinton Says Y2K Nothing To Get Bugged About - CNN: The President is ready for Y2K, but 911 may not be. Unless you have one of those Presidential hot lines, you may want to re-program your phones to dial Police and Fire direct.

Y2K Doomsday: This is the classic ComputerWorld article "Doomsday" which appeared
in September, 1993. Written by Peter de Jager in his easy-to-read style, the definition of the problem is clearly explained.

Microsoft Wakes Up: By Bob Trott/InfoWorld Electric, April 13, 1998. If you need one more reason to dislike Bill Gates, check out this article. An interesting history lesson.

Y2K Testing Utilities: return to top

Make Sense Software provides these links without any real or implied guarantee that these sites may provide appropriate solutions for your computer needs. Legal Notices

Surf at your own risk!

CNET Y2K Utility Downloads

Download FREE Y2K testing software at Micro 2000

ClickNFix, Free Y2K Test. Trial Evaluation Y2K Fix

Make Sense Software Y2K Compliance return to top

Make Sense Software products, WinCSS 2000, and WinCSS Suite are fully Y2K compliant.

An Easy Test

It is often easy to determine the ability of software to properly read year 2000 dates by checking to see if the software uses a four digit field (as in, "1999") or a two digit field ("99). Software that utilizes two digit year codes may interpret "01/01/00" as January 1st, 1900. Essentially, you the user, must now take the extra second during data entry to indicate the year (assuming your software utilizes four digits for the year of record). Prior to the 90's nobody seemed to worry much about the inadequate 2 digit year system which was widely used by programmers as a shortcut. Now it is obviously critical that all time-dependent software products make allowances for Year 2000, and beyond.

But will it work in 2020?

If you currently have software that you know is not compliant, it is possible that your software provider is offering a "fix" (and is likely charging you something for it). However, it is incorrect to assume that just because you have been given a "fix" that your software will continue to maintain Y2K compliant long-term. Ask questions about the long-term usefulness of this patch, or fix. Some Y2K "fixes" may only work for a few years. If this is the case you might want to consider migrating to a software solution that offers true, long-term compliance. WinCSS 2000, and WinCSS Suite were designed from the ground up to meet Y2K standards and have true, long-term, compliance that some software products may lack.

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Special Y2K Pricing Announced return to top

Sorry, the Y2K Special has expired. We are currently revising our pricing, product presentation, and support programs. Make Sense Software is committed to providing dealers like you high quality software products that you need, at fair and competitive prices that you can afford. Please contact our sales department for further details at 877-447-3673.

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