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Praise for Year 2000: The Inside Story of Y2K Panic and the Greatest Cooperative Effort Ever
“James’s book is interesting and filled with information. Year 2000 is a useful reminder that computers control all major human activities: banking, business, defense, entertainment, travel, and even medicine. Anyone who cares about the history and future of computers could profit by reading it.”
- Capers Jones, foremost national expert and strategist on Y2K compliance management and technical solutions
“Nancy James new book, Year 2000: The Inside Story of Y2K Panic, tells the inside story of all that went into the problem and its eventual solution. It is a must read for all who want to understand the cautions of the information technology world we are fast entering.”
- Jon Huntress
“A rich and fascinating account of the Y2K issue, which provides a unique window into how the technology and business ecosystem came together to address and resolve a problem of epic size and complexity. The book also references the little known but critical part played by the risk management and insurance community in raising attention and supporting a successful resolution.
Nancy's book is exhaustively researched and brings together a wealth of sources and information on this topic. Her approach makes the subject both accessible and compelling. This book has profound implications today, as the world is far more technology-dependent now than it was at the threshold of Y2K - and there are likely comparable systemic problems out there for us to discover and resolve.”
- Dominic Davison-Jenkins
Year 2000: The Inside Story of Y2K Panic and the Greatest Cooperative Effort Ever
by Nancy P. James
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Can you imagine our U.S. Congress compromising? Our president signing the compromise against the interests of his largest donor base?
Well, “Year 2000 - The Inside Story of Y2K Panic and the Greatest Cooperative Effort Ever” describes such a Washington scenario.
The Y2K millennium computer software date crisis (two-digit-year date fields having an issue with “00” when 01/01/2000 arrived) might well serve as a contemporary roadmap for our current government turmoil. Nancy James has written a book describing how the very real Y2K crisis was averted. Her just published book describes how Y2K unfolded; how it was discovered, analyzed and corrected; how cooperation on every level succeeded. Along with this saga are the amusing mistakes, gaffs, near misses and a little known potential national threat. This past 25-year historic perspective offers understanding of how a nation united to solve a universal challenge.