Year 2000 Compliance Overview
SPIX and SPART

Last content update to this page: February 19, 1999 (see Notice)
Change history for SPART/SPIX pages

Year 2000 Readiness Statement

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

Due to its end of engineering support status and to limited available skills, the testing of SPIX and SPART on DPX/2000 platform was limited. A Year 2000 software upgrade package is available for the operating systems SPIX 31 version 31.03.11, SPART/SPIX 32 version 32.00.15 and SPART/SPIX 33 version 33.00.07. However, it does not cover all products of the SPIX and SPART offering.

Customers considering the continued use of the SPIX and SPART operating systems 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 SPIX and SPART 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

Name Supported until

SPIX 31 December 1991

SPART/SPIX 32 December 1991

SPART/SPIX 33 December 1993

Hardware platform

Model Supported until

DPX2000/15 December 1997

DPX2000/2x December 1997

DPX2000/3x December 1997

DPX2000/37x December 1997

Testing status

Current tests aim to identify residual problems in component products and indicate the version that provides full Year 2000 readiness or provide fixes if necessary. New 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 SPIX, including:

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

Compliance catalog

We have organized the SPIX and SPART Year 2000 Compliance Catalog by operating system and hardware platform.

Operating System

Tools and Utilities

Office Automation

Uniplex II+

Database

Communications

Hardware platforms

Bull DPX/2000

Index

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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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