Prof. Leon Kappelman --Aug. 30 InformationWeek articlegreenspun.com : LUSENET : TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) : One Thread |
Someone here may have noted this piece before -- I've no way to find out. It's in InformationWeek, dated August 30, 1999: More Y2K Risks To Ponder"InformationWeek is a weekly magazine that combines the goals of business with technology to help you make the strategic decisions that affect your company's bottom line. Every week, InformationWeek delivers in-depth, mission-critical editorial that reinforces the strategic side of technology and the technical aspects of smart business. InformationWeek reaches more than 400,000 subscribers""There are gaps in our knowledge of the real Y2K risks regarding electricity, transportation, chemicals, and water."This is straight talk -- in a publication which describes itself this way:"Given the extraordinary efforts by some to put a happy spin on the situation, it's easy to miss things."