Year 2000 Compliance Overview
History of changes for GCOS 8

Last content update to this page: November 23, 1999 (see Notice)
Overall change history page

For your convenience, this page lists the most recent updates to GCOS 8 Year 2000 readiness status, sorted by date, with links to the most recent copy of each page.

November 23, 1999
November 4, 1999
  • Overview (Availiblity of the list of Year 2000 STI's included in GCOS 8 software release SR4500.3 - Revision 1).
  • Operating System and associated facilities (Add a note pertaining to Year 2000-ready STI's when appropriate)
  • Software engineering (Add a note pertaining to Year 2000-ready STI's when appropriate)
  • Information system (Add a note pertaining to Year 2000-ready STI's when appropriate)
  • Interoperability (Additional Y2K readiness status; Add a note pertaining to Year 2000-ready STI's when appropriate)
  • Communication (Add a note pertaining to Year 2000-ready STI's when appropriate)
  • Printing Solutions (Add a note pertaining to Year 2000-ready STI's when appropriate)
  • Database and transaction processing (Add a note pertaining to Year 2000-ready STI's when appropriate)
  • CTL Servers (Add a note pertaining to Year 2000-ready STI's when appropriate)
  • Media Server 8 (Add a note pertaining to Year 2000-ready STI's when appropriate)
August 02, 1999
  • Overview (Insert an entry for DPF/OpenSpool).
July 22, 1999
  • Printing Solutions (New  - Extract from section 'Interoperability')
  • Interoperability (Move Open Print & DPF 8 Year 2000 readiness status to new section 'Printing Solutions')
  • Overview (Insert an entry for Printing solutions).
July 8, 1999
  • Overview (Insert the list of Year 2000 STI's included in GCOS 8 software release SR4500.3).
July 5, 1999
May 21, 1999
  • Overview (new section "Maintenance policy and the Year 2000)
  • Operating System and associated facilities (cosmetic changes)
May 4, 1999
April 20, 1999
  • Peripheral subsystems (Storage Tek 18 tracks Y2K ready)
February 25, 1999
  • Interoperability (Open Print Tech sort not Y2K ready)
December 11, 1998
  • Information system (Additional Y2K status and update for Mistral and SearchWay)
December 6, 1998
  • Overview (Add a link to Bull DPS 9000/700-2 statement)
  • Operating System and associated facilities (Additional Y2K status pertaining to Bull DPS 9000/700-2)
  • Bull DPS 9000/700-2 (New)
October 9, 1998
  • Operating System and associated facilities (Additional Y2K status)
  • Software engineering (Additional Y2K status)
  • Information system (Additional Y2K status and update)
  • Communication (Move from Operating system section)
  • Bull DPS 9000/500 (Replace Y2K status 'SR4500.3' by 'ok.gif (131 octets)')
  • Bull DPS 9000/500-2 (Replace Y2K status 'SR4500.3' by 'ok.gif (131 octets)')
  • Bull DPS 9000/700 (Additional Y2K status and replace Y2K status 'SR4500.3' by 'ok.gif (131 octets)')
  • Bull DPS 9000/800 (Replace Y2K status 'SR4500.3' by 'ok.gif (131 octets)')
  • Bull DPS 9000/900 (Replace Y2K status 'SR4500.3' by 'ok.gif (131 octets)')
  • Peripheral subsystems (Additional Y2K status)
August 28, 1998
  • Peripheral subsystems (RDBC1 status changed following information received from OEM supplier)
June 19, 1998
  • Operating System and associated facilities
  • Database and transaction processing
  • Software engineering
  • Interoperability
  • Communication
  • Peripheral support software
December 2, 1997
  • Overview
  • Peripheral subsystems
October 16, 1997
  • Peripheral support software
August 11, 1997
  • Operating System and associated facilities
  • Database and transaction processing
  • Software engineering
  • Information system
  • Interoperability
  • Communication
April 10, 1997
  • Bull DPS 9000/500
  • Bull DPS 9000/500-2
  • Bull DPS 9000/700
  • Bull DPS 9000/800
  • Bull DPS 9000/900

Index

Without frames: [ GCOS 8 compliance overview | Operating System | DB/TP | Software engineering | Information system | Interoperability | Communication  | DPF 8 | DPF/OpenSpool | Open Print | Xprint / Wprint | DPS 9000/500 | DPS 9000/500-2 | DPS 9000/700 | DPS 9000/700-2 | DPS 9000/800 | DPS 9000/900 | Bundled components | Peripherals Quick Reference | CDA (Cartridge Disk Array) | CTL (Cartridge Tape Library) | CTL Servers | CTS (Cartridge Tape Subsystem) | Media Server 8 | MTS (Magnetic Tape Subsystem) | MSS (Mass Storage Subsystem) | Impact Printers | Bull Year 2000 overview ]
With frames: [ GCOS 8 compliance overview | Bull Year 2000 overview ]...and use the navigation bars.

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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