'Panic is the REAL y2k problem?? Excuse me??!!
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Anybody besides me notice a change in strategy by the DGIs, gov't officials, and business leaders? Instead of denying that anything bad will happen, they're now saying that IF anything bad happens it will be the result of irrational Y2K alarmists scaring the hell out of people. In other words, the panic, not the technology failures, is the real risk.
Yeah, panic stinks. And it could really screw up banks and the stock market. But it ain't nuthin' compared to having communications networks and supply chains crumble. Here's an excerpt from one of Bill Dunn's editorials on Mike Hyatt's site (http://www.michaelhyatt.com/editorials/greatest.htm) which reminds us of what's REALLY at risk here:
"Y2K panic will not cause oil refinery production to grind to a halt
Y2K panic will not cause air traffic control radar screens to go blank
Y2K panic will not cause phone networks to go dead
Y2K panic will not cause medical devices to malfunction, putting patients lives at risk
Y2K panic will not cause trucks, trains, and ships to stand still
Y2K panic will not cause 911 emergency services to fail
Y2K panic will not cause water and sewer systems to malfunction
Y2K panic will not cause food processing plants to shut down
Y2K panic will not cause government services to be paralyzed
Y2K panic will not cause welfare and food stamps to be late, sparking riots
Y2K panic will not cause our high-tech Defense Department to suddenly become impotent
Y2K panic will not cause Communist China's WWII-vintage military to suddenly become the strongest force on earth
Y2K panic will not cause the electric power grid to fail
By far the most dangerous problem with Y2K is flawed computer code."
-- Mr. X (stocking@up.now), February 04, 1999
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