IP: Re Two Y2K bugs

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>From: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
>Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 00:21:47 -0500 (EST)
>To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>CC: John Wharton <jwharton@netcom.com>
>
>
>Dave Farber writes:
>  > >From: John Wharton <jwharton@netcom.com>
>
>  > >On the other hand, it /does/ seem the problem will be terribly 
> short-lived,
>  > >affecting maybe five or ten minutes' worth of calls -- ever.  After 
> 12:10am
>  > >or so, then, and for the remainder of the next century, the original call
>  > >prioritization algorithms should continue to work just fine.
>
>This is a prime example of the "other" Y2K bug.  Whenever someone asks
>me about the potential effects of the Y2K bug, I always ask them
>"which one?"  Of course they are confused, so I explain that one of
>the bugs refers to software that does not work in the Y2K, and the
>other refers to software that does not handle the transition to Y2K.
>
>Many people are planning to handle the transition problem by ceasing
>operations during the transition period.  This is, as John suggests,
>probably the appropriate way to handle it.  But it also doesn't work
>too well for emergency services.
>
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