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Pastimes : Things That Annoy Me

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To: David Lawrence who wrote (1637)10/22/1998 1:58:00 PM
From: Wigglesworth  Read Replies (1) of 4023
 
COBOL programmers' excuse for creating the eff'ing Y2K disaster!

Code written
1. during moment of weakness
2. when company out of money
3. at end of the year
4. when product hadn't shipped
5. and it was 3 o'clock in the morning


Netscape's counsel, Christine Varney, told reporters that Mr. Clark wrote the memo in "a moment of weakness ... the company was out of money, it was the end of the year, the product hadn't shipped, and it was three o'clock in the morning."
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