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Re: Y2K scam (was: How many things need to stack up before we throw this jerk out?)
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Mon, 14 Jul 2003 06:50:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli wrote:
  
Anyways all of it is a scam, much like the whole Y2K “problem” was.

Hehe, I have to laugh every time I hear that. Sure there were probably con artists that sold back yard programs to “fix” PCs, but the Y2K “problem” was in fact a problem, in that a lot of money had to be spent to fix it. And fixed it was (mostly), which is why so many people now think it was a scam.

So I would say your comparison here wasn’t a very good one.

ROSCO



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