| From: | MC23 mc23@**********.com |
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| Subject: | Fwd: Urgent Year 2000 Update |
| Date: | Tue, 2 Feb 99 15:51:12 -0500 |
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This memo is to announce the development of a new software system.
We are currently building a data center that will contain all firm
data that is Year 2000 compliant. The program is referred to as the
"Millennia Year Application Software System" (MYASS).
Next Monday at 9:00 there will be a meeting in which I will
show MYASS to everyone. We will continue to hold demonstrations
throughout the month so that all employees will have an opportunity to
get a good look at MYASS.
As for the status of the implementation of the program, I have not
addressed the networking aspects so currently only one person at a
time can use MYASS. This restriction will be removed after MYASS
expands.
Several people are using the program already and have come to depend
on it. Just this morning I walked into a subordinate's office and was
not surprised to find that he had his nose buried in MYASS. I've
noticed that some of the less technical personnel are somewhat afraid
of MYASS.
Just last week, when asked to enter some information into the program,
I had a secretary say to me "I'm a little nervous, I've never put
anything in MYASS before." I volunteered to help her through her first
time and when we were through she admitted that it was relatively
painless and she was actually looking forward to doing it again. She
went so far as to say that after using SAP and Oracle, she was ready
to kiss MYASS.
I know there are concerns over the virus that was found in MYASS upon
initial installation, but I am pleased to say the virus has been
eliminated and we were able to save MYASS. In the future, however,
protection will be required prior to entering MYASS.
We planned this database to encompass all information associated with
the business. So as you begin using the program, feel free to put
anything you want into MYASS. As MYASS grows larger, we envision a
time when it will be commonplace to walk by an office and see a
manager hand a paper to an employee and say "Here, stick this in
MYASS."
This program has already demonstrated great benefit to the company
during recent OSH and ISO audits. After requesting certain historical
data the agency representatives were amazed at how quickly we provided
the information.
When asked how the numbers could be retrieved so rapidly our
Environmental Manager proudly stated "Simple, I just pulled them out
of MYASS."
