Author: Pete Galati
Date: 23:12:25 12/31/99
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On January 01, 2000 at 01:54:33, Richard VonMau wrote: >I dont think the Y2K "thing" was over blown. Atleast not here in the USA. In my >opinion, you have to have tragedy to get action. Well, to get action in the same >direction that is. In order to get as many agencies, people, companies on board >with "patching" the Y2K bug, a unified (almost) call to arms had to be made. >We will never really know what the consequences would of been without the >hysteria but I can safely say this. If we hadnt had it, then we would of been >closer to finding out how bad it could of been. >This from an airline employee who knows how bad our FAA computer system really >is... ahh WAS !! >P.S. As if you cant tell, the bubblie has my face flush and my opinion bold. > Have a safe and fun new year. Allot of heavy hardware had big potential problems and it was good to attend to them. This wasn't really the problem it was made out to be in that everyone was trying to find a way to capitalize on the panic. Being a PC user, I did nothing at all other than check to see if my clock saw the year as 4 numbers a couple years ago. As far as I know, the worse thing I'm likely to have to do is download a newer version of the File Manager if it has problems with the dates, no biggey. Pete
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