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To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (10818)	1/2/2000 4:46:00 AM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 32932

Very Interesting: Jan. 2000 albertaweb.com SNIP: >As far as what exactly happened yesterday ? I'm still at a loss to explain. I think many, many people who follow Y2K closely are as well, whether ?doomsayer? or ?pollyanna?. Like I mentioned above, how could countries like Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, not to mention various areas of Eastern Europe who did little or nothing to fix their Y2K problems come through the rollover without so much as a scratch? And if they could do that, spending barely a dime on remediation, why in hell did we spend billions to accomplish the exact same results? I simply can't explain it ? and judging from my e-mail, neither can anyone else. The word ?eerie? comes to mind. I keep waiting for Rod Serling to show-up, standing in the doorway saying ?Consider ? broken systems that should have stopped ? but didn't ? a place where the impossible becomes reality ??. < (This was written in Jan. 2000) - - - - - - - - - Another good read: Feb. 1996 softwaremanagement.com SNIP: >Nevertheless software people seem to agree with the Year 2000 racketeers to treat this problem out of all proportion to its real danger. They are flocking to conferences, buying consulting services, bringing in software tools, all to combat the Year 2000 problem as if it was "the" problem of the century, not a simple example of problems that they have to solve now and for ever. Why is this? Do they share the superstitious illusions of lay people? < SNIP: >After we survive January 1, 2000, the world will not end, nor will it enter "A period of prevailing virtue or great happiness or perfect government or freedom from familiar ills and imperfections of human existence". Superstition will move on to other targets. Unfortunately the ignorance on which the superstition feeds will remain, and so will the real problems of software. < (This was written in Feb. 1996)