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I could do with less of these "once in a lifetime events", please. (ani.social)

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Y2k was a non event because a lot of time, effort, and money was spent fixing it before the deadline.

The estimated cost of fixing the bug was between 300-850 billion dollars in 2000 - adjusted for inflation that's about 0.5-1.5 trillion dollars

The estimated worldwide cost of fixing the Y2K bug, according to analysts: Cap Gemini America Inc. — $858 billion; Gartner Group Inc. — $600 billion; International Data Corp. — $300 billion.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/1372100/some-key-facts-and-events-in-y2k-history.html

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