This comment was posted on a thread below and it made me pause for a moment.

Think back several years. The big insight then was that things would go haywire precisely at midnite.

True statement.

But, we all have had several years to become more educated about the subject of Y2K. I think most of the "Oldtimers" here have come to the conclusion that approximately 5% of the failures would occour at midnight. A percentage of Y2K problems manifested prior to the rollover and the balance would take place between January 3, 2000 and the middle of March.

I refuse to eat crow for breakfast this morning, but, I will step up to the plate and eat my fair share in March if I have to.

PS: SYSOPS, thanks for your support and patience with us. Please do not close the forum until the 2nd quarter of 2000. I think there will continue to be interesting insight as well as moronic conjecture here for awhile. Thanks again all.

-- Uncle Bob (UNCLB0B@AOL.COM), January 01, 2000

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That's OK, Uncle Bob. Your AOL domain name says it all.

-- Happy (Happy@New.Year), January 01, 2000.

Uncle Bob, That was never true concerning embedded systems (nor for most software for that matter, just a smaller number). The rollover date was the critical milestone for embedded systems. Read Dale Way's stuff, Kosikens statements, and the Gartner Group. Oor talk to those of us who have tested these systems, the problems found in tested occurred RIGHT AT THE TIME OF ROLLOVER.

While we will continue to hear of problems in embedded systems over the next few days, they will be primarily minor as we have seen so far. Jan 3rd and 4th should put the nail in the coffin for the more serious embedded system problems (and the business software problems should "show" at this time as well).

Its looking good....real good.

Regards,

Regards,

-- FactFinder (FactFinder@bzn.com), January 01, 2000.

Oh, Fact Finder you know that this the the calm before the storm. Just like Dec 98 was the calm before the storm, Jan 99 was the calm before the storm, Feb 99 was the calm before the storm, Mar 99 was the calm before the storm, Apr 99 was the calm before the storm, May 99 was the calm before the storm, Jun 99 was the calm before the storm, Jul 99 was the calm before the storm, Aug 99 was the calm before the storm, Sep 99 was the calm before the storm, Oct 99 was the calm before the storm, Nov 99 was the calm before the storm and Dec 99 was the calm before the storm.

Uncle Bob (what happened to T-3 days and counting?), In March you will not have to eat crow, because as we all know it will just be the calm before the storm. BTW, please do have a great new year, and remember that 1998 is the last good year!

-- Butt Nugget (catsbutt@umailme.com), January 01, 2000.

BN...got tired of (and kept forgetting to) change the T-Minus dates, so I came clean with one of my addys...

-- Uncle Bob (UNCLB0B@AOL.COM), January 01, 2000.