Y2K
- The term Y2K was invented by David Eddie in June 1995 through the email
- It was so feared that Clinton signed the Y2K Act in 1999 to limit the government’s liability
- 1 in 10 people in the US believed that there will be another depression, that financial markets will collapse, that the national infrastructure will be crippled, and that martial law will be declared in some local areas. from Newsweek May4, 1998 p62
- In making coding “Y2K complaint”, new errors are introduced at an average rate of one new error in every 14 lines of re-written code
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