What does Y2KB stand for?

A good example of this is all the Y2K "specialists" that made big time money before the turn of the century to help prevent disasters from the Year 2000 Bug.

Choose from software error, faulty modem, year 2000 bug or, if things get really desperate, wrong type of floppy drive.

Another warning sign is the general belief among industry suppliers that purchases of certain capital equipment -- specifically computer systems -- will be flat against last year, which was down from the norm because of the massive replacements in 1999 to overcome the programming challenge brought on by the Year 2000 bug.

Y2K planners and industries are taking advantage of the situation as a test for New Year's Day readiness, when the Year 2000 bug could hit.

With multiple stand alone PCs running independent applications, checking for Year 2000 bugs re-entering systems, through unauthorized CDs, disks and the internet is costly and time-consuming," said Rob Furnivall, sales manager at Provo, Utah-based Novell.

As part of our strategy to combat the Year 2000 bug, the city initiated a three-year replacement program for all computer assets.

net/swtc/ OR you can simply part complete company with the real universe and build yourself a stormtrooper outfit, the perfect protection for the Year 2000 bug crash.

The conference, held at Warwick on Monday and Tuesday, also addressed other risks including the Year 2000 bug.