Y2K's bounty runs out for many

Programmers getting squashed along with bug

By Paul Davidson, USA TODAY

http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg747.htm

-- CD (not@here.com), November 26, 1999

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Really good line there: "Since midyear, when most of the software fixes were completed,..."

Guess we missed something.

-- Tom Stein (indagatr@istar.ca), November 26, 1999.

Why are companies not hiring Y2K remediators right now? No company wants to admit that they have not completed their critical tasks at this point--too risky, competitors might find out. Some of the worst prepared systems are being ignored, because who wants the peon programmers that turn over like pancakes to find out! I was the last programmer with more than two years service to leave my fortune 500 company last October. That includes the programming, system development and Q/A people including management two levels up as well.

How will they fare next year! They are toast because the worst system is the one that tracks revenue and receivables.

-- Slobby Don (slobbydon@hotmail.com), November 26, 1999.