Jeff, if you were right, I would be writing the same thing to you, - if I could-, sitting in the dark and the cold with no extra food or water. With your modest preparations, you couldn't lose since everything worked out fine and you had peace of mind.
I think a lot of companies have new computers and software now, thanks to increased budgets for Y2K. As I said before, "Give a 2 year old a hammer, and everything becomes a nail - Give an IT manager a Y2K budget, and everything becomes a Y2K problem"
Even I was surprised that there were no problems in Russia and China. I guess the essential services were OK from the start.
I feel sorry for all the people who couldn't enjoy the celebrations because they had to sit at the office, or station looking at computer screens that never flickered. Here in Canada, even the army leaves were cancelled.
I also feel sorry for all those who were taken in by that test scan and added a $150 computer board that they didn't need to fix their computer to make it Y2K compliant.
I'm not sure what the lesson to be learned here is, except that perhaps people take the path of least resistance ie. "lets do all these things just in case" even thought every test worked.
Now that we've got over the uncertainty, we can get on with making 2000 good year.
Best to you and your family, and to all others who participated on this thread.
Jim |
