1 Mar
2002
1 Mar
'02
9:32 a.m.
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
Look, as far as I'm concerned, anyone who thought the world would end
after the clocks turned to the year 2000 are idiots and deserve to be
ignored.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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I don't
think anything he says (or has ever said) has much relevance
anymore.
No, like Brooks, he made points about the development of large-scale
projects which remain valid. Yourdon certainly wasn't alone in the
Y2K chiken-little mentality... and I don't feel inclined to consign
them, lock, stock, and barrel, to perdition, not quite yet, anyway...