Y2K Debate: Was It Worth the Expenditure?

The country woke up New Year’s Day with a spring in its step after escaping problems from the dreaded “millennium bug.”

With no significant communications or electronics-related difficulties to report, most trucking companies greeted the new century free of the Y2K hangover anticipated by some during the 2000 rollover.

But days after making the feared crossover, recuperation has turned to contemplation. Government officials, computer experts and businesses are now left to debate whether the $100 billion heaped into correcting possible Y2K defects was money well spent.

In trucking, those companies willing to talk about their situation said they had no regrets about the expenditures in heading off potential disasters. The outlay of those interviewed ranged from $200,000 to more than $1 million.

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