On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:38 AM, Dave Crozier <DaveC@flexipol.co.uk> wrote:

> Sad news indeed but he did make a big mistake with his predictions about the severity of the Y2K problem despite selling a lot of books about it!

>

Either that or he helped raise the alarm (or hysteria, depending on

your viewpoint) that resulting in the huge crash programs that kept

airplanes from falling from the skies, the financial industry from

grinding to a halt, and the end of the world as we know it. I suspect

the truth is somewhere in the middle. We really don't know what would

have happened if we didn't. I know I billed a lot of hours in the time

leading up to 12/31/1999.

"The Rise and Fall of the American Programmer" wasn't 100% accurate,

either. Hence, "The Death and Resurrection...'

Making predictions is hard, especially about the future...

--

Ted Roche

Ted Roche & Associates, LLC

http://www.tedroche.com

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