Whether you use your PC for business or home activities, it's likely to give you serious problems if you ignore it as we approach the year 2000. Financial forecasts that look beyond 1999, long term agreements, even checking your pension entitlements could make your PC behave in strange ways or even fail completely. Even worse, the Year 2000 is a leap year and many PC's won't know this. Humans tolerate a lot, most of which isn't necessary, holds us back, causes us grief and wastes our time and energy. Often, we're taught not to complain, that life is difficult, not to rock the boat, to go along with others, to be grateful for what we have, to be understanding.
Natural creativity is squashed.
When you put up with something, it costs you. These estimates come from the Gartner Group and other consulting companies, and include those companies that will be purchasing new systems. On the other end of the spectrum, those of us running our businesses on a personal computer might want to first contact our hardware and software vendors to get their statements on the problem, and perhaps look into the wide array of testing software. And while we're at it, perhaps it is time to test our personal systems as well. These Professional TeleForums will serve as continuing, cohesive peer groups of people in your specific profession, business, industry or special situation.