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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (407)7/18/1999 11:14:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston  Respond to of 411
 
HISTORY OF HOW Y2K PROBLEM STARTED
Investigative Reporting - Excellent reading

THE MILLENNIUMBUG
We Know It Can Hurt Us. We Know It Didn't Have To Be.
What We Didn't Know, Until Today, Was Whom We Can
Blame for Letting It Loose.
washingtonpost.com
Washington Post, July 18, 1999

THE Y2K NIGHTMARE
wild2k.com
Vanity Fair, January 1999

Y2K: THE HISTORY AND THE HYPE
Computer scientists may disarm the Y2K bomb in time, but that doesn't mean they didn't screw up
cgi.pathfinder.com
TIME Magazine



To: C.K. Houston who wrote (407)7/18/1999 11:18:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 411
 
Canadian Phone Failure: Cascading Effects
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