Y2K Code Conversion Service—Rate Change
Effective July 6
In December 1997, the NIH Computer Center introduced new services to assist users in converting their programs and applications to be Year 2000 compliant. One of these services—COBOL conversion—consists of three phases: inventory analysis and assessment, renovation and implementation, and validation. For details of this service and its phases, see the article "Put Your Year 2000 Worries Behind You—Use Our COBOL Conversion Service" (Interface 203).
Phase two—renovation and implementation—includes delivering your code to a contractor for processing. After processing, you receive back from the contractor converted, year-2000-compatible code.
Effective July 6, 1998, the rates for phase two are as follows:
for the first 200,000 lines of code
This includes all lines of COBOL programs, except comments and null lines.
for each line of code
in excess of 200,000 lines
This also includes all lines except comments and null lines.
The old rate for phase two code conversion was $1.12 per line of executable code. Comments, null lines, and data division code were excluded. This rate change was made to more accurately reflect the costs incurred by the Computer Center for this service. The new rate structure will be in effect from July 6, 1998 through fiscal 1999.
Conversion Service Saves Valuable
Hours
The sand in the hourglass is running low, and the year 2000 is barely 18 months away. You should already be checking and converting your important applications while there is still time. The COBOL conversion service may save valuable hours in your Y2K conversion. Plan to relax the week of January 1, 2000—get it done now.