Year 2000 Compliance Overview
BOS 2

Last content update to this page: January 26, 1999 (see Notice)
Change history  for BOS 2 pages

Year 2000 Readiness Statement

In line with Bull's policy of checking our products to establish whether they are Year 2000 ready the BOS 2.x operating system and DPX/2 hardware platforms have been tested. The DPX/2 hardware was found to be Year 2000 ready.

Due to its end of engineering support status and to limited available skills, the testing of BOS 2.x on DPX/2 platform was limited. At this point of time, the known fixes are packaged in a software upgrade for the BOS 2.00.72 and BOS 2.01.82 which does not cover all products of the BOS 2 offering.

Customers considering the continued use of the BOS 2.x operating system now and beyond Year 2000 should be aware that, as its engineering no longer supports this product, Bull will not necessarily produce updates for new problems identified in the operating system or communication stack. This will be clearly documented in the related maintenance contract changes.

Bull strongly recommend that all customers still using BOS 2.x systems take immediate action to migrate their applications from this environment to a current AIX based UNIX platform. Bull will be happy to assist its customers in this exercise and can offer a range of both products and services to meet customer requirements.

Life cycle status

Operating System Supported until
BOS 2.0 Mid 1996
BOS 2.1 December 1997
Hardware Supported until
DPX2/200 December 2001
DPX2/300 December 2001

Testing status

Current tests aim to identify residual problems in component products and indicate the version which provides full Year 2000 readiness. Their results will be posted as updates to the compliance catalog.

Services

Your usual Bull representative will be pleased to discuss the different Year 2000 related services available for BOS 2, including:

  • Expertise: testing methodology...
  • Consulting: impact analysis...
  • Assistance
  • Loan of testing platform environment
  • Training

Compliance catalog

We have organized the BOS 2 Year 2000 readiness Catalog by operating system and hardware platform.

BOS 2.0 on DPX2/200

BOS 2.0 on DPX2/300

BOS 2.1 on DPX2/200

BOS 2.1 on DPX2/300

BOS 2 hardware platforms and peripherals

 

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Notice
Bull is making every effort to provide accurate and explicit information on the Year 2000 readiness of its products. The information on this page reflects the current results of our compliance tests and may be updated as testing continues. Please see the Bull Year 2000 Compliance Overview for an explanation of the terms used and our commitments.

Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Statements
Information contained on Bull past and present Year 2000 Internet Website pages regarding products and services offered by Bull are "Year 2000 Readiness Disclosures" as defined by the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act of 1998, (The United States of America's Public Law 105-271, 112 Stat. 2386) enacted on October 19, 1998. Bull Year 2000 Internet website pages have been and will continue to be our primary mechanism for communicating year 2000 information.

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