[26371] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Y2K glitches start being reported
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Wed Dec 29 10:15:02 1999
Date: 29 Dec 1999 07:06:02 -0800
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From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
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On Wed, 29 December 1999, Paul Ferguson wrote:
> There's more on this story at:
>
> Racal Date-Change Software Bug Bites UK Shoppers
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991229/tc/britain_swipe_1.html
Why do I have visions of engineers at Racal chasing P.R. people down the
hallways? I like the part how the Racal spokesperson says its not a
millennium issue, but a century issue, therefore not a Y2K problem.
I must admit, Boxing Day was not on any Y2K list of problem dates I saw.