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Now's the Time to Make Sure Your Unix System Is Y2K Compliant Is your Unix operating system Y2K compliant? All major Unix operating system vendors have published patches, which are needed to make OS's fully Y2K-compliant. If your Unix workstation is under a Service Level Agreement from the Unix Support Group of the Computing Infrastructure Support Department, the group will ensure that the Y2K patches are loaded on your system, and updated continually as the OS vendors release additional and revised patches. If your system is not under a support contract, visit the CIS Help Desk web page to open a Time and Materials trouble ticket for the Unix Group to apply the patches for you. "We must emphasize that we can offer no Y2K guarantees beyond those of the operating system vendor," said Gary Jung, head of the Unix Support Group. "Also, the patches we will load are for the operating system only, and will not fix possible problems in unbundled or third-party software." To check on Y2K compliance yourself, visit one of the following sites: |
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