Message-ID: <31A184E41A05D2118BD700609777409508EA03@maf.or.ke> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 13:08:33 -0000 From: Brian Longwe <mailto:brian.longwe@MAF-EUROPE.ORG> Subject: Re: Y2K & Computers To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
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I have about 800 low end email users who are on various configurations of equipment. Being a third world country and the users all being Christian workers, there is a good number who are still using what we over here call 'legacy' systems i.e. 286, 386, 486 and about 100 Mac users.
What we are planning in the coming year is to set up a Y2K Centre here in Nairobi and have users come in and have their systems checked with a kit that's been put together to isolate Y2K problems in the hardware and some software. We can then help them find a remedy by recommending a hardware/software vendor or sorting them out ourselves. Admittedly, some will need to look for alternate systems but we expect that many may get by with minor adjustments.
One of the main reasons we are adopting this approach is because our email system is based on Lotus cc:Mail and there are users out there with versions that will not make the new millenium. So we also get to change the software and put in compliant apps.
Brian
-----Original Message----- From: Brian Rankin [mailto:mailto:brankin@WCO.COM] Sent: 15 December 1998 23:35 To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Y2K & Computers
Hi,
We all know of schools/orgs/agencies in developing countries that use old 386/486/Mac units. I'm just curious: do the individuals who placed/support those units have plans in place to ensure Y2K compatibility? Seems to me that's an issue that can really be addressed.
Brian Rankin
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RE: Y2K & Computers I have about 800 low end email users who are on = various configurations of equipment. Being a third world country and = the users all being Christian workers, there is a good number who are = still using what we over here call 'legacy' systems i.e. 286, 386, 486 = and about 100 Mac users.
What we are planning in the coming year is to set up = a Y2K Centre here in Nairobi and have users come in and have their = systems checked with a kit that's been put together to isolate Y2K = problems in the hardware and some software. We can then help them find = a remedy by recommending a hardware/software vendor or sorting them out = ourselves. Admittedly, some will need to look for alternate systems but = we expect that many may get by with minor adjustments.
One of the main reasons we are adopting this approach = is because our email system is based on Lotus cc:Mail and there are = users out there with versions that will not make the new millenium. So = we also get to change the software and put in compliant = apps.
Brian
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Rankin [mailto:brankin@WCO.COM]
Sent: 15 December 1998 23:35
To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Y2K & Computers
Hi,
We all know of schools/orgs/agencies in developing = countries that use old
386/486/Mac units. I'm just curious: do the = individuals who
placed/support those units have plans in place to = ensure Y2K
compatibility? Seems to me that's an issue = that can really be
addressed.Brian Rankin
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