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...late spring, "some software we had from a bank to clear credit cards could not deal with cards which expired in January 2000," he said, and this summer, some people with identification cards expiring in the year 2000 were unable to enter William James Hall. However, Bradner said, these minor problems were quickly solved, and that "fundamentally, at this point, we see very few problems...
Computers handling the general ledger and accounts payable for the University will be replaced, while HOLLIS and the identification card system among others, will be upgraded, Bradner said. He added that some systems have already been updated or replaced and that everything will be Year 2000-compliant by the end of the year...
...core financial systems will take a few months, but even there, we don't see a problem. At this point, we don't see a point for people at the University to worry all that much, except to look at their computers," Bradner said...
...recommended that anyone worried about the status of his or her computer visit the Web site www.uis.harvard.edu/year2000 to determine whether the computer is year 2000-compiant. All Macintoshes are compliant, Bradner said, but PCs more than five years old may not be. Faculty and staff are encouraged to address question to the Year 2000 project coordinator in charge of their school, department or central administration unit, Bradner said. He added that employees at the Science Center's computer help desk are being trained to "understand the problems and resources" available to undergraduates and will be sending an e-mail...
...Bradner said the bug could plague anything from spreadsheets to "something some graduate student did 10 years ago" but predicted it to be a minor problem for computers throughout the University...