[ Thanks to Doug
Bostrom for this link. ]
“I predict that sometime during the first 10 years of the 21st
century, your digital lifestyle will come to an end when the
Internet crashes, as the result of an as-yet-unknown Y2K bug.”
“Most likely, the bug will be the result of Microsoft’s efforts
to make sure that the current version of Windows is Y2K-compliant.
This bug will trigger massive redundancy in all Internet traffic
among Windows-based computers, bringing the World Wide Web to its
knees. The collapse of the Internet won’t be permanent, but it will
take years to recover…”
“Socially responsible nerds who have the technical skills to run
Linux should erase Windows immediately! If 5 million nerds take
action before that midnight, the collapse of the Internet will be
delayed by six months. If we can then get a million PC users a
month to make the switch, the Internet and life as we know it will
be saved. The digital lifestyle can live on.”