ABSTRACT
In the past 25 years of computing, no computer-related
subject has received nearly as much focus or media atten-
tion 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 unno-
ticed while others feared it would open up a Pandora’s box,
bringing with it historic tales of unimaginable catastrophe.
