You're darn tootin' it was real. It was only through the dedicated, focused efforts of thousands of unsung IT heroes that we averted catastrophe. Just because

You're darn tootin' it was real. It was only through the dedicated, focused efforts of thousands of unsung IT heroes that we averted catastrophe. Just because it didn't happen doesn't mean it couldn't have. Even in the late 80's I had to argue with some colleagues that we really shouldn't be using two-digit dates anymore. I worked with 80-column punched cards in the 70's, every column was precious, you had to use two-digit years. When we converted to disc, storage was still small and expensive, and we had to stay with two-digit years. See: http://www.kyber.ca/rants/year2000.htm http://www.kyber.ca/rants/year2000.htm