They did a lot of improvements. We ran into another possible Y2K plus at the Massachusetts statehouse. As we've been doing this story, we've been hearing people more and more say that Y2K might, in fact, be good for the American economy. They are finding out who in town can do what if public service or utilities were to fail. You may have somebody in the neighbor hood who's really good at chopping wood, and you may have people that are doctors in the area.
Kids are terrific at resolving computer issues.
In the process, says Fargo, America might again feel the stirrings of community. I mean, I would compare it perhaps to World War II, when people on the home front pulled together and everybody pitched in. So Y2K could benefit US companies, communities, and also, some experts now say, the work force, because the US, already ahead in computer innovation, has used Y2K to speed the recruitment of the globe's top high-tech talent. Let me show you some of the programming staff that works here at Primeon. Robert Yang has a Ph.D. from Chinghua University and was a professor at Chinghua for ten years.