(Excerpts from a message dated 11-13-99, Stewart Buckingham to Murray
Lesser)

Hi Stewart--

> Nonsense!  Even assuming that FixPak 12 is bug free (which I doubt),
> there is no value to me in applying a FixPak to a system that isn't
> broken (as far as my usage is concerned) unless it adds new function
> that I would find to be useful (which none since Warp 4 FixPak 5 have
> done).  You and RH may get pleasure from being able to brag that you are
> operating at the highest Warp level.  But I spent too many years being
> paid to live on computing's bleeding edge to do it for fun.  AFAIAC, the
> tagline is still valid.

SB>My memory may be failing, but I thought it was FP6 which made Warp4
  >Y2K compliant. (However, it may have been FP5... in which case you
  >are alright). I think this may have been the concern of some of the
  >mail you have received. Other than that, I'm a firm believer in the
  >old adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" (I've done it too many
  >times myself).

    IIRC, FixPak 6 added the Euro, and a few additional Y2k things.
Mostly (AFAIK) two additional REXX functions to return 4-digit years
when returning file dates.  These are totally unnecessary, because there
is a simple workaround to make 4-digit years out of the "standard"
returned 2-digit years, that will work with both REXX pre-FixPak 5 and
the later version.  (It was easier with the pre-FixPak 5 version of
REXX.DLL, but you know how FixPaks are.)  In any case, the Y2K fixes
were all for the OS/2 add-ons.  Whether or not you need them, depends on
how much of the OS/2 extra goodies you have installed.  There is no
problem with the OS/2 system clock; there wasn't any with Warp 3,
either, even if you have the buggy BIOS.  As the gurus say: OS/2 is not
DOS!

    Regards,

        --Murray

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