The Euro - Beware Of Distant Elephants
News When the tests are met, the decision will be made and the referendum will be held roughly four months later. The decision to hold a referendum (d-day) will be made in May 2003 and the go-ahead hangs on the government deciding whether the five...
[March 28, 2002, 16:32]
Early Y2K Bugs Aren't All Fun And Games
News In June, one of the largest Y2K tests spawned a potential health hazard, as four million gallons of raw sewage spewed onto Southern California streets. The Y2K-related glitches we've seen so far have ranged from the silly to the scary.
[December 20, 1999, 15:52]
Microsoft's Date Bug: Update
News What I can tell you," he says, "is that the tests carried out by Prove It 2000 were done under a forced environment and may not carry any risk. We obviously take this issue very seriously and are running tests on as many machines as possible to...
[August 14, 1998, 9:43]
Guy Kewney's Diary
News So it's very, very easy to screw up your Y2K tests. Back in 92/93, we didn't run the ZD Labs tests. Turns out to have a bug in the disk tests. I have to nip up to a group of users in Nottingham, and explain it.
[November 29, 1997, 7:00]
US Report: MS Outlines Y2K Program
News Later this month, Microsoft will post a final list of all the products it plans to test for Year 2000 problems and the results of those tests. The company soon will post a service pack for IE 4 which will contain the fixes needed to bring the...
[June 4, 1998, 10:23]
