IP: Russia, Y2K & NATO

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Talk about  shooting yourself in the foot, the Russians may have done it to themselves and maybe us djf

> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 23:23:58 -0500
> From: David Rosensweig <dlrosens () sas upenn edu>
> Organization: University of Pennsylvania
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: Russia, Y2K & NATO
>
> Russian military calls off Y2K cooperation
>
> The fight against the Y2K bug is an unexpected casualty of NATO's air
> strikes against Yugoslavia. The Interfax News Agency reports that the
> Russian Defense Ministry has called off cooperation with the US over the
> Y2K glitch as a protest against the air strikes. Until today, Russia's
> government was working with US experts to help fix the Y2K problem,
> which some fear could cause Russian military systems to malfunction. -
> Rebecca Jeschke, ZDTV News
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/filters/bursts/0,3422,2232960,00.html
>
> also see:
> http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990326/V000990-032699-idx.html