If you don't think the Y2K problem is real, try going into a Blockbuster Video store and renting a movie with a credit card that has a year-2000 expiration date. Or try to transfer a Visa balance from a Chase Visa card to another card with an expiration date that falls in 2000. I fear it is a bigger problem than we have the manpower to address. Glen Fountain via the Internet Seymour's article on year-2000 compliance accurately reflects the current sad state of affairs around the world as the millennium approaches. Y2K compliance on PCs in the home.
Big business melting down is one thing, but it's too abstract a concept for many people to grasp.
The few businesspeople I have talked to who have actually tackled their Y2K problems are unanimous in saying that they gave up trying to trace Y2K in their legacy programs and just rewrote the programs they needed to run the business. The biggest problem was addressing legacy databases in relation to new ones. My guess is that, as the crunch nears, a lot of people will decide they do not need proprietary software. Robert E. Burt via the Internet Seymour is right when he asserts that companies are moving very slowly to solve the Y2K problem. We have experienced this.