I was working on contract with a major bank during the run up to Y2K. The bank was so confident that they had the issue licked that they laid off all of the contractors in November. I found another contract immediately, but my new shop also had things well in hand, so I ended up partying that night. Neither shop had any significant issues during the century change.
On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 13:23 Gabe Goldberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Just came across: ‘Here We Go. The Chaos Is Starting’: An Oral History > of Y2K > > https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a30338692/y2k-panic/ > > I still have about half the Y2K books I bought, figure they'll go with > the next Great Purge. Circa 1995 I thought of doing "The Y2K Handbook" > (like "The REXX Handbook" and two VM/ESA handbooks co-edited with Phil > Smith) but never got around to it. Likely for the best, considering the > tsunami of books published. > > -- > Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. [email protected] > 3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/3401+Silver+Maple+Place,+Falls+Church,+VA+22042?entry=gmail&source=g> > (703) 204-0433 > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold Twitter: GabeG0 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
