[DouglasKC]

Yes, from an epidemiological point of view, it’s unfortunate, but the time for action is early, when action is likely to be mistaken for overreaction. And when the action works, and prevents the spread of the disease, people a month from now will say “See?! We overreacted!” Just like Y2K. Because all the preparation work was successful, those who literally don’t know what they’re talking about say Y2K was a hoax, too. It’s a no-win situation for those who really do know what they’re talking about.

That's exactly right. I was in the IT field then over two companies and I made darn sure that everything we had and all our vendors were y2k compliant...and so did every IT pro around the world. WE stopped Y2K.

[bankwalker]

I was working on a Y2K project for a large urban bank that wasn't going to make it in time. Another giant bank that was gonna make the deadline "merged" with them and absorbed all of their accounts.

Within a few weeks the city sports arena had a new name.

Y2K was definitely a real problem for financial institutions running mainframes. I think the toaster and elevator concerns were the hoax.

[Mariner]

“WE stopped Y2K”

Can we pause for a me too moment?

Millions of manhours went in to preventing that catastrophe.

[calenel]

“I was in the IT field then over two companies and I made darn sure that everything we had and all our vendors were y2k compliant...and so did every IT pro around the world. WE stopped Y2K.”

Us code guys had a little something to do with it, too.