Y2K revisited

[wtg]

‘All people could do was hope the nerds would fix it’: the global panic over the millennium bug, 25 years on

Planes were going to drop out of the sky, nuclear reactors would explode. But then … nothing. What really happened with Y2K? People still disagree …

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/28/all-people-could-do-was-hope-the-nerds-would-fix-it-the-global-panic-over-the-millennium-bug-25-years-on?

[Steve Miller]

Two programs quit working after Y2K - my Daytimer contact/scheduling program and a home automation program called X-10 Powerhouse.

I never replaced either one.

[Rontuner]

I had a dos database program that I used for client and billing info... It got confused, but kept on working. Probably stopped using that about 10 yrs ago when I updated to an online system.

[Mik]

I was in the thick of the massive development effort that made sure no catastrophe happened. Billions of dollars spent, but it should have been addressed over the preceding two decades.