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1999 State of the Union Address

The president also discussed the future of Social Security, education, foreign relations and "solving the so-called Y2K computer problem".

A Country Boy Can Survive

In late 1999, Chad Brock and George Jones collaborated with Williams to record a re-written version of the song with a Y2K theme, with lines such as "If the bank machines crash, we'll be just fine."

Body shopping

Body shopping in IT originated during 1996-1999 where there was huge demand for people with mainframe, COBOL and related technology skills to prevent systems being affected by the Y2K bug.

Hillbilly Doomsday

"Hillbilly Doomsday, directed by Bob Ray, and based on a true story, begins as a joke but quickly escalates to an intense thriller as two Texans believe that Y2K has actually occurred and that it is essential for them to procure firearms."

Lee Price

Up against the Y2K deadline, her team flawlessly replaced the Y2K non-compliant Command and Control System in South Korea.


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