W2K bug
[from `Y2K bug' for the Year 2000 problem] The
upcoming deployment of Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system,
which hackers generally expect will be among the worst train wrecks
in the history of software engineering. Such is the power of
Microsoft marketing, however, that it is also expected this will
not become obvious until it has incurred hundreds of millions of
dollars in downtime and lost opportunity costs.
[from `Y2K bug' for the Year 2000 problem] The
upcoming deployment of Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system,
which hackers generally expect will be among the worst train wrecks
in the history of software engineering. Such is the power of
Microsoft marketing, however, that it is also expected this will
not become obvious until it has incurred hundreds of millions of
dollars in downtime and lost opportunity costs.
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