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To: Bill Ounce who wrote (193)	1/18/2000 9:58:00 AM
From: Bill Ounce	of 198

Computerworld -- Y2K prophet comes down from soapbox computerworld.com Disaster averted, Boivin sees lessons in cooperative effort By Gary H. Anthes 01/17/2000 Joe Boivin, who abandoned a promising career in banking to lead a crusade in Canada against the Y2K problem, has climbed down from his soapbox and turned his attention to family matters, admitting the problem was greatly overstated. "I have disqualified myself from giving any . . . advice," he said last week. "The relief that a global crisis did not occur is tainted by a growing belief that there never was a global crisis, despite the multiple sources of confirmation reports. (It's) sort of like waking up one morning and discovering the Earth is flat." [...] Boivin's current assessment stands in marked contrast to that of other Y2K gurus, who continue to insist the crisis was real and extraordinary measures against it appropriate.

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