The Millenium Bug: Fear and Outcomes of Y2K    NEW!

As the 1990s was ending, organizations realized that many if not most of worldwide computing systems had a problem. The method of storing and computing dates had a fundamental flaw. The date values did not account for dealing with dates beyond 1999!

The possibility of catastrophic consequences was exacerbated by the media creating fear that any number of problems from inconveniences to outright disasters might happen. We will review this problem and results as the new millennium began.