In 1998 we tested the new computers we sold and many failed or gave odd results when the date was changed to 2000. By mid 1999 almost none of the computers had

In 1998 we tested the new computers we sold and many failed or gave odd results when the date was changed to 2000. By mid 1999 almost none of the computers had any problems if you advanced the date. Also one of the major results of the Y2K bug, IT department finally got the budgets to upgrade their hardware. If they had not gotten newer hardware I am sure there would have been more problems. Finally, in my area the main reason companies failed from IT problems is because of problems with their database, but it turns out their backup are not good or have not been done recently. Many companies tried to be cheap and never updated their backup software, so even if they did backup their data the backup software could really mess things up if it used 2 digit dates to track which files to update. Things go very bad if you lose Payroll, Accounts Payable or Accounts Receive-able.