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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (4048)	10/23/1998 2:08:00 PM
From: Rob Bowerman	Read Replies (1) of 8218

SB, Sorry I'm responding so late to your post, had a problem with SI and couldn't post until just now. Anyway, back to the Y2K issue, I actually see the bulk of the workload being done AFTER the 1/1/2000 date because of the pent-up bubble of non-critical, yet desired fixes to be made. And then there is also the vast majority of users who will turn on their computer for the first time after 12/31/99 and will discover (horrors!), my machine won't work anymore--someone help! And those users will get put in the queue after those that recognized that they had a problem before the end of 1999 but there weren't enough trained specialists to solve their problem at that time. So, I think the Y2K thing will go on long after 1/1/2000. By the way, I recently read a survey done among Y2K specialists who were asked if they would be willing to fly on 1/1/2000 and 98% of them said "absolutely NOT". The same question asked among the general population resulted in about 75% saying "sure". Something to think about.... --Rob

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