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Columbia Scrambles with Y2K problem
From: mea culpa <jericho () DIMENSIONAL COM>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 00:43:04 -0700
Forwarded From: "Vanna P. Rella" <vamprella () chickmail com> [Vamprella: This is really funny because it says that the Social Security Office of the entire country has pirated software.] http://wire.ap.org/APnews/main.html?FRONTID=TECHNOLOGY&STORYID=APIS71749D80 DECEMBER 07, 01:26 EST Colombia Scrambles With Y2K Problem By MARGARITA MARTINEZ Associated Press Writer BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) At age 59, Alvaro Rojas is just a few months from retirement and worried sick that his entire employment history will be erased by the dreaded Year 2000 computer bug. So he's seeking a written record. ``With all this fuss about the change of year, it's better to have everything on paper,'' Rojas says as he waits in line at a Social Security office, only to be told the document he needs can't possibly be ready until after the New Year. Rojas has good reason to worry. The Social Security Institute, with the labor history for 4.5 million Colombians, still has not solved its Y2K problem. The database software on which all pre-retirement records are kept is not compliant. The manufacturer says it's pirated. Social Security officials refuse to buy the upgrade and are working feverishly to migrate all the data over to a different program with no guarantee of success. There are serious questions whether many other crucial government records systems particularly in finance and health care will be ready in time for the millennium bug. Contingency plans are already in full swing. Clocks are being turned ahead on airport radars, mounds of public records are being printed out, some medical devices will be placed out of commission temporarily and many government workers will be getting their January paychecks in December. [snip..] ISN is sponsored by Security-Focus.COM
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