Comments on: Fact Friday: Amazing Tech Facts http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2581 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:09:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: mordin http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2581#comment-10490 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:49:35 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2581#comment-10490 It doesn't say Boeing was the 1st to discover the Y2K bug but the 1st airline to discover it. Although how can you discover something that is already known? It doesn’t say Boeing was the 1st to discover the Y2K bug but the 1st airline to discover it. Although how can you discover something that is already known?

]]> by: Perros http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2581#comment-10443 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 09:03:34 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2581#comment-10443 Boeing isn't actually an airline either, it's an aerospace engineering company. (Yeah i know it's nitpicking :) ) -Perros- Boeing isn’t actually an airline either, it’s an aerospace engineering company.

(Yeah i know it’s nitpicking :) )

-Perros-

]]> by: Jim Frost http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2581#comment-10431 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 07:00:26 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2581#comment-10431 Boeing was not the first to discover Y2K issues, and your date as to its discovery is off by at least twenty years. Many accountants had been dealing with it since the 1970s due to the 35-year depreciation schedules for structures. When I started working for an accounting firm in 1983 I was told they had, years previously, expanded all the fields in their databases to four digits to work around exactly this problem. Boeing was not the first to discover Y2K issues, and your date as to its discovery is off by at least twenty years. Many accountants had been dealing with it since the 1970s due to the 35-year depreciation schedules for structures. When I started working for an accounting firm in 1983 I was told they had, years previously, expanded all the fields in their databases to four digits to work around exactly this problem.

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