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[Simon]

Funny to think we have already enjoyed six calendar years of the new millenium which was supposed to begin with the mother-of-all quality problems: Y2K. Of course, I did not happen, but Microsoft, Dell Computer and any number of firms working in the information technology field did make a financial killing out of the induced fear that planes would fall from the sky, stock market and bank records would vanish, devastating the world's financial system, your files would be corrupted or inaccessible and so forth. Though the advertising world often advises that sex sells, it seems to me 'fear' probably does better - at least here in the USA. And it worked on me for I admit to being one of those who bought a Y2K assessment software package to see if I was 'millennium ready'. Apparently I was.

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