Guest Warren Birkett, retired consultant from Wybirk and Associates
and the reason we had Y2K
<ul>
<li>Working for IBM in the 1960’s &amp; 70’s</li>
<li>Solving problems with computers of the day</li>
<li>Trying to speed up the compute time, removing the “19” from the date thus creating the Y2K problem that no one at the time thought would ever exist</li>
</ul>


<description>Guest Warren Birkett, retired consultant from Wybirk and Associates
and the reason we had Y2K
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Working for IBM in the 1960’s &amp;amp; 70’s&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Solving problems with computers of the day&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Trying to speed up the compute time, removing the “19” from the date thus creating the Y2K problem that no one at the time thought would ever exist&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
</description>

Guest Warren Birkett, retired consultant from Wybirk and Associates
and the reason we had Y2K

• Working for IBM in the 1960’s & 70’s
• Solving problems with computers of the day
• Trying to speed up the compute time, removing the “19” from the date thus creating the Y2K problem that no one at the time thought would ever exist

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Guest Warren Birkett, did he really cause Y2K?

Guest Warren Birkett, did he really cause Y2K?

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