ABSTRACT
In the past 25 years of computing, no computer-related subject has received nearly as much focus or
media attention as did the Year 2000 Bug (Y2K). Unfortunately for the technology industry, the vast
majority of this attention was highly caustic and critical, although some of it was well deserved. Around
the world, large and small companies alike were preparing for the rollover to a new millennium, an event
that some had predicted would pass largely unnoticed while others feared it would open up a Pandora’s
box, bringing with it historic tales of unimaginable catastrophe.
