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Subject: Conrad Author: Paul [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 07:50:57 02/09/04 Mon Conrad, I'll take you rmessage with a pinch of salt if you don't mind : here's why... As an IT consultant with about 15 years experience and who worked on Y2K pre-millenium I can tell you the following for sure: 1) A lot of bug fixes, patches and other workarounds had to be applied to things like sytsem BIOS, mainframes, proprietary software and Microsoft products pre-emptively to prevent problems : a lot of them were not Y2K compliant. That's apart from having to test virtually everything pre-Y2K (rollover tests) in order to assume it would work, which most medium to large-sized corporations did. 2) Just because Oracle worked OK doesn't mean everything else did. A false claim. 3) I was aware of Roy's points on Y2K at the time (1999) and I agree he had a point - while I know the original 2-digit problem with mainframes and early OS's was not a conspiracy (nobody thought 20 years ahead in the 1980's), there are people out there who over-react when things fall apart (looters, thugs, psychos) and there are those who seek to take advantage of our dependency on them (I've worked for the UN and the govt so I know about these people and how they think). So with all due respect - a pinch of salt. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]