Category Ytwok

This category links pages that talk about the Year 2000 problem, also known as the Millennium Bug, Y2K, etc. It may be a good candidate for one of the StartingPoints.

Click on the title to see a list of pages marked with this category.

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Subcategories:

Actual and perceived Y2K errors:

• YtwokErrors - actual production system errors that occurred
• YtwokErrorsFixed - errors found and fixed before they had an impact on production
• NonYtwokErrors - problems people blamed on Y2K, but which had other causes

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See also SangersReview? for up-to-date news on Y2K.

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See also...

• MostSpectacularUrbanLegendEverPerpetrated(!) & YtwokHoax
• YtwokUpdate
• YtwokBet
• YtwokParanoia
• YtwokConsulting
• YtwokPersonalPreparations

and all the other results from http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?search=ytwok.

So how long do we wait before deciding we know what happened, and starting to summarize, archive, u.s.w? *8)

We won't know what happened until Feb. 30, 2000 (Common Era).

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I have found recently that Y2K compliance guarantees are becoming rather easier to secure. -- AnonymousDonor

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Humor

I heard that YtwokIsNineteenSeventytwo - no joke, allegedly, but I haven't checked.

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Does Y2K get the prize for the biggest confidence trick ever pulled off by an entire category of professionals (by scaremongering and then billing) or are there other serious candidates? --AndrewCates :o)

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