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Why Can't Programmers Make Up Their Minds About Y2000

Posted September 15, 1998 | Leadership | Leadership |

WHY CAN'T PROGRAMMERS MAKE UP THEIR MINDS ABOUT Y2000

16 September 1998

by Ed Yourdon

A Canadian radio talk-show host called me a few days ago, asking if I would participate in a "live" debate about the Y2000 problem.

About The Author
Ed Yourdon
Ed Yourdon was cofounder, with Karen Coburn, of Cutter Consortium. Ed served as Fellow of the Cutter Business Technology Council, and Founding Editor and Editor Emeritus of the Cutter IT Journal. He chaired Cutter's Summit for many years. Mr. Yourdon is widely known as the lead developer of the structured analysis/design methods of the 1970s. He was a codeveloper of the Yourdon/Whitehead method of object-oriented (OO) analysis/design and the… Read More
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