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DAMMIT NPR.

I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.

Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Dec 28
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
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December 29, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Reposted by Tom Collett
at a nye party in 1999 host threw the house breaker at the stroke of midnight

legend
December 29, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Thank you @awsteele.com for rescuing me from the birdcage 😊my hero!
May 13, 2023 at 4:57 AM