At 08:18 AM 9/14/98 -0400, Rich Kulawiec so eloquently stated:
>> So tell me what all the fuss is about with this Y2K thing
>
>It's a great chance to spread FUD, and to have Y2K consultants cash
>in big-time on the resulting panic. It's also an excellent way to
>divert attention from far worse bugs which affect everyone *now*.
>And it's a great chance to sell gullible users "upgrades" which
>fix problems that shouldn't exist in the first place.
Y2K consultants aren't cashing in as much as you think. When it
comes to Y2K, most companies subscribe to the"Ostrich Theory" --
bury heads in sand.
>
>Is some of it real? Sure. There's firmware with the year stored
>in two digits, there's moldly old Cobol programs (that should have
>been replaced LONG ago) with the same problem, and so on. But it's
>not nearly the front-page-grabbing catastrophe as the trade
>rags would tell you.
>
Let's hope you're right. We'll know in 474 days.
George
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