Comments on: Ch. 4 – KGM The Final Curtain 1998 – 2000 https://www.starjumpsareus.com/ch-4-kgm-the-final-curtain-1998-2000/ Star Jumps Are Us Sun, 26 Nov 2023 23:06:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 By: kenadventure https://www.starjumpsareus.com/ch-4-kgm-the-final-curtain-1998-2000/#comment-167 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 23:06:01 +0000 https://www.starjumpsareus.com/?p=8771#comment-167 In reply to Smith.

Hi Lorraine we were pleased to here from Mick that you are well and in a good place since Willy’s passing. Hopefully we’ll to see you next year Take care- Ken

]]> By: Smith https://www.starjumpsareus.com/ch-4-kgm-the-final-curtain-1998-2000/#comment-166 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 01:02:22 +0000 https://www.starjumpsareus.com/?p=8771#comment-166 Hi Ken, I too have decided that both Willy and I didnt know how involved you were in this. We did lose touch for a while and I can see why. Enjoyed the read. Take care. Lorraine.

]]> By: kenadventure https://www.starjumpsareus.com/ch-4-kgm-the-final-curtain-1998-2000/#comment-165 Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:44:37 +0000 https://www.starjumpsareus.com/?p=8771#comment-165 In reply to Alison boden.

Hi Alison I didn’t know about the Chinese Government but I did opine in our client news letter in late 1998 that the Milenium Bug was shaping up to be the greatest beat up in the history of the human race, and so it was.

]]> By: kenadventure https://www.starjumpsareus.com/ch-4-kgm-the-final-curtain-1998-2000/#comment-164 Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:38:59 +0000 https://www.starjumpsareus.com/?p=8771#comment-164 In reply to Margaret.

Hi Marg Arohanui from me too

]]> By: Margaret https://www.starjumpsareus.com/ch-4-kgm-the-final-curtain-1998-2000/#comment-163 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 05:41:10 +0000 https://www.starjumpsareus.com/?p=8771#comment-163 Woweee again reading the blog am struck how little I knew about what you were inviloved in. Overwhelmingly impressed as always. Arohanui

]]> By: Alison boden https://www.starjumpsareus.com/ch-4-kgm-the-final-curtain-1998-2000/#comment-162 Mon, 20 Nov 2023 11:35:58 +0000 https://www.starjumpsareus.com/?p=8771#comment-162 It wasn’t just press frenzy which whipped up Y2K worries. Everyone outside of the IT industry was concerned. Even the Chinese government……every top airline executive was ordered to be airborne at the witching hour. This concentrated their minds to solve the problem successfully.
A good read as always.

]]> By: kenadventure https://www.starjumpsareus.com/ch-4-kgm-the-final-curtain-1998-2000/#comment-161 Mon, 20 Nov 2023 05:20:38 +0000 https://www.starjumpsareus.com/?p=8771#comment-161 In reply to Peter Fenwick.

Hi Peter, thanks for your comments. “Colourful characters” abounded in those days. Despite that I’m pleased you and I had the opportunity to take part in it all!

]]> By: Peter Fenwick https://www.starjumpsareus.com/ch-4-kgm-the-final-curtain-1998-2000/#comment-160 Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:14:29 +0000 https://www.starjumpsareus.com/?p=8771#comment-160 Thanks Ken. That certainly brings back memories.

What an indictment of the software industry that the 2-digit date problem still existed in 2000.
Designing for saving disc space had not been a valid criteria for a decade.

We have an anecdote, often quoted. Andrew Ferguson was asked by a client if there would be a Y2K probelm in their software. “Not in anything I ever wrote.” he replied.

Keep writing. It is important for these stories to be told.

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