Denial (millennium problem) LO10827

Sherri Malouf (sherri@maloufinc.com)
Fri, 1 Nov 1996 14:09:48 -0500 (EST)

>[Host's Note: I'm a little concerned about this thread, that it be
>connected to org learning wherever it goes from here. I prefer not to
>distribute further msgs that do not have a learning element. ...Rick]

Rick -- I am sorry -- I didn't mean to instigate a thread not on LO
concepts. I would like to respond however and tie it back in to LO.

[Host's Note: No problem Sherri; I think this thread has a lot from the
learning angle. ...Rick]

I want to thank everyone for the technical explanation (I apologize for my
lack of technical precision when ranting!)-- I now have a better
understanding of the issue and I will take a look at the web site.

But my main question about this was referenced by several people. Here
was a seemingly benign issue which may cause a lot of chaos in a couple of
years. How could the sw programmers have know that their software would
still be running AND how many actually thought of the implications? One
of my questions goes back to one I have stated in several different ways
and in several different threads! How do you hold the small pieces (ie:
two digits of a date) and the larger picture (whatever the larger
programming project is) and the future??? Most of us don't think this way
but we need to be doing it now! We seem to be able to generalize -- oops
we blew it -- but we don't seem to be able to apply the learning...

Sherri
sherri@maloufinc.com Tel:603-672-0355
LMA, Inc Fax:603-673-7120

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