Was the Y2K millennium bug a genuine threat or a consultant's myth?
In short: As the year 2000 approached, fears grew that two-digit year formats would crash computer systems. This video explores whether the millennium bug was a real technical crisis or a profitable fiction invented by consultants.
The video examines the technical reality of the Y2K phenomenon, specifically the concern that programs storing years as two-digit figures, such as '99', would malfunction. Professor Martyn Thomas investigates whether the bug was a legitimate systemic risk or a myth used by consultants to generate revenue, while evaluating the lessons learned from the event.
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