Well, we were pretty sure nothing was actually going to happen. But both husband and I had done enough coding to know that a small unexpected input could cause a totally bizarre output, so, better safe than sorry.
(Things were OK, but my understanding is that this was because programmers and IT people had patched up most of the issues ahead of time, not because there hadn't been a risk. And we also knew enough programmers and QA folks to know that for all the bugs you do find and fix, there are some that slip through and bite you :P)
Also, weirdly, Y2K came up as a plot point in a book I started reading the same day I saw your post. What are the odds! XD
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Date: 2018-11-12 10:46 pm (UTC)(Things were OK, but my understanding is that this was because programmers and IT people had patched up most of the issues ahead of time, not because there hadn't been a risk. And we also knew enough programmers and QA folks to know that for all the bugs you do find and fix, there are some that slip through and bite you :P)
Also, weirdly, Y2K came up as a plot point in a book I started reading the same day I saw your post. What are the odds! XD