The Y2k Scare - Were There Any Benefits?

Over ten years ago the scare of Y2K was real and the who's who were all speculating on an all out disaster. Many worried that technology would just stop working. The concept of having months of no electricity or modern machines was a real threat in many people's minds. Billions of dollars were put into the Y2K issue, but in the end many realized that the scare wasn't as big of a problem as many feared. It seems as if it was all wasted money, but was it really? Were there long term benefits from that money being spent to update and improve technology?

First of all, preparing for Y2K really helped out companies to improve and unite their technology. Beforehand many companies had technological infrastructure that was old and outdated. With the money spent preparing for Y2K many companies could have technology that was streamlined and united in a way it had never been before.

Another benefit of Y2K is that many IT specialists had jobs. The idea of spending billions to give some people jobs might not seem like a benefit to some, but during this time many specialists got training they needed for the internet age. Today there are so many people working now as IT specialists who were provided with great training back during the Y2K days.

The Y2K scare also made people making technology to start focusing on long term solutions. People now are writing software and developing hardware thinking of what happens over decades versus just focusing on the short term.

By: Michael Obrienn

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