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da svenster

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2. i was on call that night (good to see a midrange/mainframe programmer)

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 11:03 AM

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we were pretty sure we had changed what needed to be changed. stuff developed in house since the early 90s were already y2k compliant but we has a property management system written on a system 36 that we were worried about.

y2k was a huge non-issue. not because it wasn't a problem but because a lot of developers kicked ass and fixed the problem. the world didn't see things collapse because folks like you and me spent several years working our backsides off to make sure it didn't happen.

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