People keep asking why Silicon Valley doesn't get it. They are DGI because:

• y2k is boring
• y2k is associated with religious and cultural fundamentalism
• y2k reflects badly on computers and technology
• you can't impress your friends by coming up with an innovative slant on a problem that the above 3 characteristics

-- Blue Himalayan (bh@k2.y), March 26, 1999

Answers

• Public recognition of Y2K problems would adversely affect stock prices

-- Anonymous99 (Anonymous99@anonymous.com), March 26, 1999.

Since predicitons of impending nuclear war never materialized, it follows -- logically! -- that no other dire predictions will either

If stuff DOES happen, we'll punt. We're clever. We'll improvise. You'll see.

-- can't (make@those.bullets), March 26, 1999.

Because y2k is a nit technically, and the only reason it's so pervasive is that the industry is so sloppy, and projects are so rushed.

-- Michael Goodfellow (mgoodfel@best.com), March 26, 1999.

Apparently some in Silicon Valley do get it, BH. Y2K Bug Is a Goldmine for Bullion Market

[snip] "I don't know the truth of it [increased gold coin sales], but Y2K problem seems to be contributing," Stanley says. "From coin dealers in the U.S. we learn that there is a lot of imbalance in their deliveries, a lot of coins are going to Silicon Valley, the heart of the computer industry in the U.S." [end snip]

-- Nabi Davidson (nabi7@yahoo.com), March 26, 1999.