Observers said the Y2K bug's threat 1) was averted thanks to diligent preparation; 2) had been exaggerated by greedy programmers so that customers would commission expensive repairs; and 3) won't pass until companies and governments have used their backroom systems, which were not repaired as thoroughly as critical programs.
The Y2K bug garnered a lot of observations from a lot of people.
the best computer science is down there, but we make do with what we have here.