Do you remember the Y2K problem? Basically, when people started writing programs back before Star Wars they had to be very conservative.

Y2K problems have been occurring, will occur on January 1, 2000, and will continue to occur throughout 2000 and into 2001.” All of which means that Y2K is no longer the most pressing problem.

The Year 2000 computer problem has become a punchline in recent years, but the CrowdStrike outage shows the joke's on us.

The Y2K problem is one of the most widely publicized, frequently cited issues facing businesses today. In response to this publicity, more and more computer users have taken steps to fix their ...

“I am convinced that the Y2K problem presents us with, potentially, the most significant, extensive, and disruptive crisis we have ever faced,” he wrote in The Millennium Bug.

In the late 1990s, computer nerds (myself included) were up in arms about the Y2K problem. In brief, the issue was that many computer systems used six-digit dates (two digits each for day, month ...

To the Editor: Denis Dutton tells us that there was no significant Y2K problem. As one who wrote many of the programs in question in the last century, I assure you that there was a problem. The ...

John Koskinen was the leader of the president's Y2K efforts from February 1998 to March 2000. Dubbed "Y2K Czar," he coordinated federal date change preparations, as well as readiness efforts by ...

I don't know anyone who worked on the Y2K problem in a financial institution, a power plant or a telecommunications company who thought they wasted their time or money to make sure the transition ...

As people planned for this year’s New Year’s Eve celebration, chances are that most weren’t stocking up on canned goods, taking out large amounts of cash from the bank or purchasing a backup ...