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Article #92the meek was Re: Questioning Y2K
From: Jeff Davis
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 00:00
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Ian Goddard wrote:
"Whatever the impact of Y2K on the U.S., it stands to reason that much
of the rest of the world,
already reeling under economic downturns, will get hit hard, since they are not
in a situation
now to hire all the hightech programers and the like to fix their
entire computer systems."
It just occurred to me that most if not all of the problem, if there is
one, will be in the advanced countries or advanced sectors of less developed
countries. No one in Chiapas or any other pre-industrial culture will know
the difference.
"The meek will inherit the earth."
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