On Mon 14 Apr 2014 at 21:15:23 +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > On 14/04/14 18:55, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > > > This is several orders of magnitude less severe than Y2K. > > Y2K was extensively predicted, a lot of people did a lot of work to > avoid it, and in the end it wasn't very significant, no? I don't mean it > wasn't a significant amount of work to fix the bugs, I just mean the > final effect wasn't significant. Correct me if I'm wrong.
The increase in the bank balances of many consultants is well-documented as part of the history of the Y2K period. What is is still under discussion is whether the failure of a set of traffic lights in Alice Springs was its only major effect. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
