STORY:
Y2K Bug Fears Are Eased

According to an article written by the BBC, millennium bug experts say the world is no longer in denial over the computer problem and a global catastrophe on 1 January 2000 now seems unlikely.

The BBC reports Peter De Jager, the Canadian computer consultant who was one of the first to sound the alarm bells, issued a statement on his Website this month entitled "Doomsday Avoided."

"What do I mean when I state confidently we've broken the back of Year 2000 problem? In short, I mean we've overcome the largest Y2K hurdle. "The Y2K problem was never the actual act of fixing the code, it was the inaction and denial regarding a problem so easily demonstrated as real and pressing, and possessing consequences far exceeding it's humble beginnings," he said.

In Britain, another expert who gave early warning of the Millennium bug dangers, Robin Guenier, says the three key industries are in good shape here. "There's been a lot of progress from three months and 12 months ago. People are no longer in denial about it. We're not heading for doomsday," he told The Observer newspaper.

Gwynneth Flower, managing director of the government agency Action 2000, said that while many small companies were still not ready, progress had been made: "Things are better than a year ago. We're well on track to sort out the infrastructure," she told the paper.

In a USA Today poll among the American public, only 21% now expected major problems in 2000, down from 34% three months ago.

Source: BBC

DATE: 3/22/99

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