Twelve reasons why people aren't responding to the Y2K challenge
Charles Cresson Wood · Computer Fraud & Security · 1998
If you haven't heard about it yet, you've got to be a hermit with no outside world contact. The Year 2000 computer problem — dubbed the ‘Y2K crisis’ by the technical community — is a serious security issue deserving significant management attention and a large share of organizational resources. Nonetheless, study after contemporary study indicates that the massive job of fixing computer systems to prevent Y2K problems is being largely ignored and grossly under-funded. This article explores the psychological and structural problems which prevent adequate attention to and funding for the Y2K problem. The following list of hurdles is offered with the hope that it will be used by the technical community to convince management that Y2K remediation efforts are in fact deserving of significantly more attention as well as significantly more organizational resources.