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Re: Year 2000 problems - WAS What to call the Next Decade
Subject:Re: Year 2000 problems - WAS What to call the Next Decade From:Bob Morrisette <Robert -dot- Morrisette -at- EBAY -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 29 Jan 1996 10:18:59 -0800
Brad Connatser <concom -at- usit -dot- net> said:
>are sneaking up on a new decade that poses this same problem (2000 to
>2009), perhaps some of you have thought about it. Any suggestions?
Um, how about turn of the century?
Or don't I get it?
Dan Fierro
dfierro -at- lanier -dot- com
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A much more serious problem is what happens to programs,
hardware, and maybe documentation that cannot handle the
year 2000. Companies should be planning for this now.
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