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Originally Posted by KCTitus
Y2k wasnt a 'scam', it just wasnt as big as the hype it got from the media and people who didnt know what they were talking about. There were systems that had to be updated to handle a 4 digit year.
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There was work that needed to be done, but by the time the media caught on and coined the term "Y2k" by and far the majority of the work had already been done. What little was left was blow out of proportion to be planes falling from the sky, total collapse of the world's monatary systems, cats and dogs, sleeping together...
Yes, there was a digit significance problem that had to be dealt with. Y2k as a named issue was a pure fabrication, however.