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Technology Stocks : 2000: Y2K Civilized Discussion
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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (402)8/23/1999 8:55:00 AM
From: Jim  Read Replies (1) of 662
 
I am sure this is not the true in your case, but I am finding that many normal everyday problems are being covered up with excuse "it must have been a Y2K problem".

My bank, the Royal Bank of Canada, discontinued a very efficient business loan inquiry phone system and forced us to use a much more tedious retail inquiry system. When I asked them why they had done this, the operator said it was because the business system was not Y2K compliant. When I spoke to the manager about exactly what parts were not Y2K compliant, he admitted that they wanted to combine the two systems for their efficiency, and rather then explain this to their clients, to simply explain that the other system was not Y2K compliant because people will accept this.

Didn't Prodigy shut down part of their system with the excuse "it was not Y2K compliant". Maybe it was true, but it could also be an excuse to get out of a money-losing business without losing face.

I also suspect that many IT departments are installing new computers and systems that they have wanted for years using their new Y2K budgets.

If you give a two year old a hammer, everything becomes a nail.
If you give an IT manager a Y2K budget, everything becomes a Y2K problem.

Jim

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