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Re: Y2K False Alarm or Programmers LOOT the Public Purse (was: millennium Reading)

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From: yuk... Pundit Gainsay
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 00:00
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I suppose that anyone who is a naysayer could always change the date
on their computer to some time in the next century and use it for a few
weeks.  I'd suggest making a boot disk if you have a really ancient computer
though.  Microsoft has already publically identified some glitches they will
provide patches for via their website for some minor glitches in Windows 3.1,
Windows 95 and Microsoft Office. Most are minor but remember that some
systems in the world's infastructure are ancient.  If recent software has Y2K
glitches when they were programming to avoid them how trustworthy is
code written 20 years ago for say a nuclear reactor.  You don't know until you
look.

Steve



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From: yuk...@odyssey.on.ca (Pundit Gainsay)
Subject: Re: Y2K False Alarm or Programmers LOOT the Public Purse (was: millennium Reading)
Date: 1998/05/12
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