Klarinet Archive - Posting 000594.txt from 1998/08

From: "R Trajano" <mtrajano@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Y2K
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 00:46:10 -0400

What this bug deals with will probably not affect any personal computers,
but mainly will be an issue in older systems such as those present in many
companies such as banks, insurance companies, etc...

One of the major effects that this could have on everyone in general will
have to do with loan and interest calculation. Since older systems will
believe it to be many years earlier when we reach the year 2000, many
computer systems will think report accounts as being things like 100 years
past due.

I hope this has shed some light on the subject...^_^
-----Original Message-----
From: Wendi Hatton <ubergal@-----.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 9:20 PM
Subject: [kl] Y2K

>To all clarinetist computer buffs out there, I just read a very
>disturbing report on http://www.msnbc.com about the upcoming Year 2000
>computer bug. I had been reading other things off the internet from
>people who seemed to be quacks wanting your money to buy their books or
>survival kit plans, etc. Seemed unbelievable. But, after reading the
>report from a legitimate News site it seems to be potentially a real
>problem.
>
>I know this has nothing to do with the clarinet, however it has MUCH to
>do with us as clarinetists as well as everyone else. Can anyone shed
>some light on us with any inside knowledge on this issue?
>
>Just curious.
>
>Wendi
>
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