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Microsoft Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure and Resource Center |
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Frequently Asked Questions |
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6. What is Microsoft’s Year 2000 strategy?
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Customer request for detailed information. Microsoft’s customers have requested that more detailed product information be delivered. We recognize this need and have produced in-depth information about Microsoft technologies. This information gathering, testing and production effort will continue over the coming months. Microsoft has also evaluated the breadth of the Year 2000 problem in order to serve our customers’ needs. The year 2000 information delivered by Microsoft will cover both business and technical concerns. To be more specific, our customers have expressed that they need three basic things from Microsoft.
Simple definitions. First, Microsoft will classify our products into clear categories of compliance. In the product guide, we have grouped our products into five categories: compliant, compliant with minor issues, not-compliant, testing yet to be completed and will not test.
Next steps to compliance. Second, if a product is stated to be non-compliant, Microsoft will provide information as to how an organization could bring that product into compliance.
Provide components for solutions. Third, as a technology leader, Microsoft will help organizations find solutions to Year 2000 problems. The technologies and services offered by Microsoft and its partners will be components in overall Year 2000 solutions. Microsoft will assist companies with the difficult task of recognizing how disparate technologies can fit together to create a viable solution set.
To better serve our customers, we are responding to the requests listed above. The primary mechanism by which you can find Year 2000 information about our products is by looking at the Year 2000 Resource Center web site (www.microsoft.com/year2000). We are committed to responding to the Year 2000 issue and will continually be adding to the depth of information about our product family.
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