David wrote:
>
> I believe this show is transcripted on to the ABC web site
> for those that missed it.
Not fully. Here is what is there
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/stories/s108415.htm
What Happened to the Y2K
Bug?
Summary:
It's March 2000 and we're still here and nothing much went
wrong,
although February 29th, a leap day, caused some minor problems
with credit cards, mobile phones, weather monitoring and some
other
non-life-threatening glitches. Although worldwide, around 76
billion
US dollars was spent on Y2K compliance it wasn't all hype, and
according to many experts, it wasn't wasted. Many of the
programs
which we use today were originally developed in the 70s with
the
expectatation that they would soon be superceded, so the 2000
deadline served to update programs which facilitate the
infrastructure of our cities.
Guests on this program:
Professor Bill Caelli
Head, School of Data Communications
Queensland University of Technology
Garden Point Campus
GPO Box 2434
Brisbane Q'land 4001
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Professor John Rosenberg
Dean, Information Technology
PO Box 63
Monash University Vic 3800
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John Ridge
President, Australian Computer Society
Tel: (02) 9299 2322
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Graham Penn
General Manager, Research
IDC Australia
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Bruce Parker
Director R & D
MFX Software
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Perhapos one of the experts might need to push harder on their foot,
or perhaps it was a bit of humour on someone's part. Although, some
names ????
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