Here it is. The news article we all knew we'd see sooner or later...

http://detnews.com/1998/technology/9812/24/12240168.htm

"Government plans war games to battle millennium bug"

-- Kevin (mixesmusic@worldnet.att.net), December 24, 1998

Answers

Uh oh. I think I'll do some more shopping at Sam's this weekend.....

-- (usually@just.lurking), December 24, 1998.

Why'd you start another thread about this article? Read This? "Gov't Plans Games to Battle Bug" already exists.

-- No Spam Please (anon@ymous.com), December 24, 1998.

I checked out the website that that article appears on, and it looks to me to be a 'dont worry, companies are working on it" type of site. Give us some concrete info on what has been accomplished, and what major companies/govt agencies are READY NOW, not the usual "ready by 12/31/98" drivel that darn near every company says but can't possibly meet.

-- Bill (billclo@hotmail.com), December 25, 1998.

Bill,

The fact that contingency plans are being made for the U.S. military to help in 2000 is a sure sign many companies and government agencies won't be ready by 31 December 1998.

-- Kevin (mixesmusic@worldnet.att.net), December 25, 1998.

I wanted to make sure everyone saw this article. What I did is start this thread--with a more direct title--so people could find this story in "new questions" as easily as the original thread is to find in "new answers".

Jack, I just thought this was a very, very important article that had to be seen by everyone.

But yes, this topic should continue at the original thread. Here's the link to the original:

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=000KZS

-- Kevin (mixesmusic@worldnet.att.net), December 26, 1998.

In my last message, I meant to type "No Spam Please" and instead typed "Jack". It's 4:55 AM. I'd better get some sleep!

-- Kevin (mixesmusic@worldnet.att.net), December 26, 1998.